Spotlight Politics: Chicago Alderman in Jail
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An outgoing Chicago alderman is facing domestic abuse charges. Our politics team has more.
An outgoing Chicago alderman is facing domestic abuse charges, and the field of candidates for Chicago mayor is narrowing. Political reporters Paris Schutz and Amanda Vinicky have those stories and more in this week’s roundtable, Spotlight Politics.
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Spotlight Politics: Chicago Alderman in Jail
Clip: 1/3/2019 | 8m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
An outgoing Chicago alderman is facing domestic abuse charges, and the field of candidates for Chicago mayor is narrowing. Political reporters Paris Schutz and Amanda Vinicky have those stories and more in this week’s roundtable, Spotlight Politics.
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