Spotlight Politics: Fireworks in Chicago and Springfield
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Our politics team tackles the latest headlines in our weekly roundtable.
City Council was not without its share of fireworks Wednesday as the new guard clashed with the old guard. And in Springfield, a potpourri of major legislation is flying through the General Assembly. Our politics team of Carol Marin, Paris Schutz and Amanda Vinicky takes on that and more.
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Spotlight Politics: Fireworks in Chicago and Springfield
Clip: 5/29/2019 | 8m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
City Council was not without its share of fireworks Wednesday as the new guard clashed with the old guard. And in Springfield, a potpourri of major legislation is flying through the General Assembly. Our politics team of Carol Marin, Paris Schutz and Amanda Vinicky takes on that and more.
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