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Spotlight Politics: Illinois Finds $1.5B in Budget Money

A new wrinkle on the age-old tale of Illinois’ pension mess.

Aired 05/08/2019 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Spotlight Politics: Illinois Finds $1.5B in Budget Money

Clip: 5/8/2019 | 6m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

A new wrinkle on the age-old tale of Illinois’ pension mess.

A new wrinkle on the age-old tale of Illinois’ pension mess. Our politics team of Carol Marin, Paris Schutz and Amanda Vinicky digests the top political stories of the week.

Aired 05/08/2019 | Rating NR

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