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Spotlight Politics: Renters, Juneteenth, Police in Schools

Clip: 6/17/2020 | 10m 42sVideo has Closed Captions

It was a big day in Chicago City Council. Our politics team weighs in.

Our politics team talks about the latest in city and state politics. With Amanda Vinicky, Paris Schutz, Heather Cherone and Carol Marin.

06/17/2020 | Rating NR

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