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>> AN EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL

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MEETING CALLED FOR FRIDAY AS

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ALDERPEOPLE PUSH MAYOR LORI

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LIGHTFOOT AND POLICE

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SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN TO

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TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO REDUCE

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VIOLENT CRIME.

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THE STATE OF ILLINOIS' CREDIT

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OUTLOOK GOT ROSIER.

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A LANDMARK CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL

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GOES INTO EFFECT AND THE SPREAD

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OF THE DELTA VARIANT PROMPTS

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QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER MASK

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MANDATES AND COVID RESTRICTIONS

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SHOULD RETURN.

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A LOT TO GET TO.

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WELCOME BACK.

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OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM OF

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AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE

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AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

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HEATHER LET'S START WITH YOU,

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PLEASE, HOW DID THIS SPECIAL

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COUNCIL MEETING COME TOGETHER?

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>> WELL, 19 ALDERMEN SIGNED A

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LETTER CALLING A CITY COUNCIL

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MEETING THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY

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MORE THAN THE THREE ALDERMEN

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STATE LAW REQUIRES FOR THIS

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EMERGENCY MEETING.

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AND THEY WANT ANSWERS FROM

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SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN ABOUT

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HOW HE PLANS TO TAMP DOWN

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VIOLENT CRIME DURING THE FOURTH

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OF JULY WEEKEND JUST AROUND THE

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CORNER AND IS TYPICALLY ONE OF

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THE MOST VIOLENT WEEKENDS IN

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MAYOR LIGHTFOOT DID NOT WANT A

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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

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SHE SAYS THE ALDERMEN HAVE BEEN

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FULLY BRIEFED ON THE PLAN IF

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THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON

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THAT IS UP TO THEM.

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AND SHE PUT OUT A BLISTERING

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STATEMENT ACCUSING THE ALDERMEN

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WHO FORCED THE MEETING OF USING

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PUBLIC SAFETY AS A QUOTE

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POLITICAL WEDGE ISSUE.

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AND WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT

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THAT IS THAT MANY OF THOSE

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ALDERMEN WHO SIGNED ON TO THE

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CALL FOR THE MEETING ARE AMONG

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HER CLOSEST ALLIES ON THE CITY

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COUNCIL.

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TENSIONS ARE CERTAINLY RUNNING

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>> AND THIS COMES AS THE MAYOR

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AND ALDERPEOPLE CONTINUE TO SPAR

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PUBLICLY INCLUDING THAT HIGH

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PROFILE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN

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LIGHTFOOT AND JEANETTE TAYLOR

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LAST WEEK IN CITY COUNCIL

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CHAMBERS.

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HERE IS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT

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YESTERDAY ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

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>> I THINK THAT WE HAVE VERY

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STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH A GOOD

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WORKING MAJORITY OF THE

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PROCEDURALLY, TWO PEOPLE CAN

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SHUTDOWN THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

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AND UNFORTUNATELY, HISTORICALLY

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THAT HAS BEEN USED VERY

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SPARINGLY, BUT WE'RE SEEING IT

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BEING USED MORE BY PEOPLE WHO

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WANT TO TURN THE LEGISLATIVE

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PROCESS INTO SOME KIND OF STAGE

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PERFORMANCE RATHER THAN DOING

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THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE.

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>> WE SHOULD MENTION WE ALSO HAD

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ALDERPERSON JEANETTE TAYLOR ON

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THE SHOW MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL.

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PARIS, ALL THE TENSION IS FRAMED

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AS COUNCIL WARS 2.0.

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WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE

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IMPORTANT CITY BUSINESS THAT HAS

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TO GET DONE AND THE PUBLIC

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>> IT IS PROBABLY A MISNOMER TO

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CALL IT COUNCIL WARS 2.0 IT IS

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NOT LIKE THE BLOCK OF WHITE

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ALDERMEN IN THE 80s AND THE

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FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR

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HAROLD WASHINGTON THIS IS A

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DIFFERENT DYNAMIC IN CITY

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AND WITH THE ALDERMEN CALLING

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THIS SPECIAL MEETING EVERYBODY

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WANTS TO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE

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DOING SOMETHING ABOUT VIOLENCE.

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AND WHAT CAN ALDERMEN DO?

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THEY CAN CALL HEARINGS AND HAVE

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THE SUPERINTENDENT TESTIFY.

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IT'S ALSO AS THE MAYOR SAID IT

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IS A POLITICAL CO-JULY THAT THEY

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CAN USE AGAINST THE MAYOR.

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LOPEZ, AND JEANETTE TAYLOR AND

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ED BURKE WHO IS NOT A FAN OF THE

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CURRENT MAYOR.

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AND THEY CAN CALL A MEETING LIKE

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THIS OVER HER OPPOSITION SAYING

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WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOU.

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WE'RE [INAUDIBLE]

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AND SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S

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DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AND

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DEMOCRACY CAN BE MESSY.

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I MEAN WHEN THERE IS A BIG

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LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE LIKE THE

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BUDGET THE MAYOR HAS AND DOESN'T

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HAVE 26 VOTES THAT IS WHEN WE'LL

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KNOW.

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WE ARE NOT AT THAT POINT YET.

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>> AMANDA THERE IS THIS ONGOING

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BATTLE OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS ADD

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MANIC PREROGATIVE PUT TO THE

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TEST LAST WEEK.

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REMIND US WHAT IT IS.

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>> ADD MANIC ALDERMANIC

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PREROGATIVE GIVES SWAY ON WHAT

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GOES ON IN THE WARDS THEY HAVE

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THE ABILITY TO SIGN ON OR SIGN

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OFF ON THINGS LIKE WHAT CAME UP

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LAST WEEK WAS SIGNS IN THEIR

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WARDS.

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A PART OF THE PLAN MAYOR LORI

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LIGHTFOOT WANTED TO MAKE IT

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THESE ARE THE RULES YOU HAVE TO

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FOLLOW PUT IT UNDER THE

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ADMINISTRATIVE ARM AND INSTEAD

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ALDERMEN SAID NO WE WANT TO KEEP

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THAT ABILITY TO DETERMINE WHEN

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THESE SIGNS CAN GO IN OUR WARDS

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AND WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T.

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AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR TWO

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REASONS:  NUMBER ONE, THE MAYOR

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RAN ON ELIMINATING THAT

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ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE BECAUSE

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IT'S BEEN ABUSED WITH SIGNS.

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A BIG SIGN HERE REFERENCING

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PARIS JUST MENTIONED

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COUNCILMEMBER ED BURKE WHO, OF

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COURSE, IS FACING AN INDICTMENT

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FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT APPROVING SOME

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SIGNAGE BECAUSE HE WANTED

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INSTEAD MONEY TO BE KICKED BACK

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TO HIS LAW FIRM.

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>> AND HEATHER WE HAVE TO TALK

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ABOUT THE PANDEMIC GROWING

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CONCERNS OVER THE COVID-19 DELTA

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VARIANT.

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NOW, THE W.H.O., WORLD HEALTH

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ORGANIZATION NOW RECOMMENDING

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THAT EVEN FULLY VACCINATED

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PEOPLE WEAR MASKS INDOORS.

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BUT THE CITY'S TOP DOCTOR SAYS

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IT IS NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARY

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HOW SHOULD WE MAKE SENSE OF THIS

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LATEST MESSAGING?

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>> WELL, THE CITY'S HEALTH

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DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN LOCK STEP

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WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE

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CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND

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PREVENTION AND THE CENTERS FOR

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DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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SAY LOOK THE DELTA VARIANT IS

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CERTAINLY VERY CONCERNING IT WAS

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THE VARIANT FIRST DISCOVERED IN

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INDIA THAT HELPED FUEL THE HUGE

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RISE IN CASES THERE.

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ALL OF THE VACCINES THAT ARE

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OFFERED THE PFIZER, MODERNA, AND

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON APPEAR TO BE

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SIGNIFICANTLY EFFECTIVE IN

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STOPPING IT.

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PEOPLE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED,

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TWO WEEKS POST THE FINAL DOSE

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ARE PROTECTED FROM THE DELTA

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VARIANT.

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THAT IS WHY THOSE PEOPLE DON'T

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NEED TO WEAR MASKS.

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IF YOU ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED

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ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU

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SHOULD BE WEARING MASKS AND

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EVERYBODY SHOULD BE WEARING

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HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC

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TRANSPORTATION.

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THE CITY IS FOLLOWING THE

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FEDERAL GUIDANCE, THE WORLDWIDE

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GUIDANCE HAS CHANGED A LITTLE

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BIT BUT BECAUSE AMERICA IS SO

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MUCH MORE VACCINATED THAN ANY

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OTHER COUNTRY, THE IT IS A

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LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE ON THE

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>> MOVING OVER TO STATE

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BUSINESS.

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THIS WEEK MOODY'S UPGRADED

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ILLINOIS' CREDIT RATING FOR THE

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FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 20

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HERE IS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER

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TALKING ABOUT THE STATE'S

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FINANCES.

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>> AID FROM CONGRESS WAS NOT

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USED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN

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2022.

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THAT IS A FALLACY.

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WHOEVER IS SAYING THAT HAS GOT

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IT WRONG.

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THE TRUTH IS WE HAD BOTH

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INCREASED REVENUE FROM ECONOMIC

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ACTIVITY IN THE STATE THAT WE

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DIDN'T EXPECT.

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I THINK NOBODY EXPECTED THE KIND

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OF UPSURGE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

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THAT WE HAD THAT IS PART OF IT.

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AND THE OTHER IS WE HELD THE

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LINE ON SPENDING.

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THAT IS HUGELY IMPORTANT.

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MOSTLY FLAT SPENDING ACROSS

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STATE GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN

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EDUCATION VITAL SOCIAL SERVICES.

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>> AMANDA HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS

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THIS CREDIT UPGRADE FROM

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MOODY'S?

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>> IT IS A BIG DEAL CONSIDERING

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ILLINOIS HAD BEEN ON THE BRINK

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HAD IT GONE IN THE OTHER

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DIRECTION ON REACHING BELOW

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INVESTMENT GRADE STATUS.

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ILLINOIS HAS BEEN THE LOWEST

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CREDIT RATED STATE OF ANYWHERE

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IN THE NATION.

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THIS IS A BIG FIRST TIME IN 23

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YEARS.

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THE LAST TIME INSTEAD ILLINOIS

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HAS SEEN DOZENS OF DOWNGRADES.

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THE LAST TIME THERE WAS AN

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UPGRADE WHICH SHOULD SAVE

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TAXPAYERS MONEY IS BACK WHEN

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GEORGE RYAN WAS GOVERNOR AND THE

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BULLS WON A CHAMPIONSHIP.

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AND SO, THIS IS TRULY VERY

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SIGNIFICANT.

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THAT SAID, ILLINOIS NOT OUT OF

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THE WOODS.

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ILLINOIS STILL HAS A RELATIVELY

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LOW CREDIT RATING COMPARED TO

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OTHER STATES AND WHILE THE STATE

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WAS RECOGNIZED FOR BEING PRUDENT

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MOODY'S POINTED OUT THAT IF

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LEGISLATORS HAVE A TEMPTATION TO

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SKIP A PENSION PAYMENT WHICH IS

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SOMETHING THAT GOVERNOR J.B.

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PRITZKER HAD PROPOSED DURING HIS

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TENURE, THAT GIVING 140 BILLION

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UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY THAT

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ILLINOIS COULD SEE THINGS GO

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BACK DOWN AGAIN.

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>> GEORGE RYAN WAS GOVERNOR AND

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THE BULLS WERE REALLY GOOD A

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LONGTIME AGO.

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WE'VE HEARD FOR SO MANY YEARS

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ABOUT ILLINOIS' BELEAGUERED

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FINANCES IS THE STATE TURNING A

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CORNER?

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>> I THINK THE BULLS WILL BE

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GOOD AGAIN, TOO.

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WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

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YEAH, AS AMANDA SAID IT'S

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SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF BUT NOT

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TO BE THE DEBBIE DOWNER HERE.

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THE PENSION LIABILITY IS 140

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BILLION OR 200 BILLION.

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AND THE STATE PUT 7 BILLION A

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YEAR ABOUT 30% OF ITS BUDGET AND

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IT BARELY MAKES A DENT IN THAT

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BELIEVE LIABILITY.

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AS THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES

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POINTED OUTDO NOT EXPECT THE

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RATINGS TO GO UP UNTIL SOMETHING

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IS DONE ABOUT PENSIONS WHETHER

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IT BE MORE TAX REVENUE DEDICATED

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TO PAYING DOWN THE LIABILITIES?

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OR DOING SOME REFORM THAT IS

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WITHIN CONSTITUTIONAL BOUNDS

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WHICH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE IS

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ANY OR STRETCHING OUT HOW LONG

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IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO PAY OFF

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THOSE LIABILITIES.

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RIGHT NOW 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS,

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MAYBE IT HAS TO BE 50 YEARS.

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BUT BEYOND THAT THE STATE STILL

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HAS IF NOT THE WORST ONE OF THE

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WORST PENSION LIABILITY

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SITUATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

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AND SO IT CAN BALANCE A BUDGET

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FROM YEAR TO YEAR BUT THAT

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LONG-TERM CLOUD LOOMS.

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>> THE 2022 ILLINOIS PRIMARY

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THAT IS EXACTLY ONE YEAR AWAY

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AFTER LEGISLATORS MOVED IT TO

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JUNE STARTING NEXT YEAR.

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HEATHER WHY THIS MOVE?

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AND WHAT IS THE POLITICAL

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FALLOUT GOING TO BE HERE?

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>> WELL, THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS

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THAT THE CENSUS IS LATE AND THAT

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THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

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WON'T BE READY FOR PEOPLE TO

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PULL PAPERS AND GET THEIR

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CAMPAIGNS IN GEAR.

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EVERYBODY DECIDED TO JUST PUSH

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IT BACK AND LET THAT CENSUS DATA

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FLOW IN WE EXPECT IT IN

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MID-AUGUST A LITTLE BIT LESS OR

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A LITTLE BIT MORE.

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THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET

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GOING.

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IT'S JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY

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BREATHING ROOM AS THE CENSUS WAS

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DELAYED BY FIRST THE PANDEMIC

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AND THEN COURT CHALLENGES

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BROUGHT BY FORMER PRESIDENT

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DONALD TRUMP.

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>> AMANDA WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT

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THE GOVERNOR'S RACE?

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>> YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE TIME

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FOR HIM TO MAKE A DECLARATION

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SOON.

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WHEN HE WAS LAST ON "CHICAGO

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TONIGHT" WE ASKED HIM ARE YOU

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PLANNING TO RUN AGAIN?

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AND HE SAID YOU I HAVEN'T

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DECIDED I HAVE TO HAVE SERIOUS

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TALKS WITH MY FAMILY.

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THAT SAID, HE HAD PUT $35

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MILLION WHICH TO HIM MAY NOT BE

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THAT MUCH, BUT THAT A HEFTY

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CHUNK OF CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO

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SPENDING ON ADS AND WHAT HAVE

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YOU FOR A CAMPAIGN IT CERTAINLY

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SEEMS AS IF HE IS GEARING UP AND

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WHAT A TIZZY IT WOULD BE FOR THE

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DEMOCRATIC PARTY IF THAT THIS

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POINT HE WERE TO BACK OUT.

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I'M EXPECTING HE WILL BE NEEDING

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TO MAKE PUBLIC DECISION SOMETIME

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SOON.

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BUT ALL THE BETS ARE THAT THAT

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IS JUST HE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY

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THAT HE WAS RUNNING PUBLICLY AND

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THAT WE WILL GET THAT DELAY IN

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THE PRIMARY DATE GAVE HIM

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BREATHING ROOM.

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>> IN WASHINGTON D.C. HOUSE OF

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REPRESENTATIVES TODAY FORMED A

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COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE

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JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION AT THE

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CAPITOL BUT GETTING TWO VOTES

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FROM REPUBLICANS.

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LIZ CHENEY AND ADAM KINZINGER.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK KINZINGER'S

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CALCULUS IS HERE?

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HE HAS BEEN A FREQUENT TRUMP

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CRITIC AND FLOATED AS A

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CANDIDATE FOR STATE-WIDE OFFICE.

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>> THE HOUSE SPEAKER GETS TO

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APPOINT 8 MEMBERS IF THE HOUSE

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MINORITY LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY

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WANTS TO GO ALONG WITH IT GETS

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APPOINT FIVE.

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THE FACT THAT ONLY TWO HOUSE

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REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR THE

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COMMITTEE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM

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OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DEMOCRACY

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WAS THEIR LIVES WERE UNDER

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THREAT.

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IT'S STAGGERING AND IT TELLS ME

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THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER

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PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO BE PART

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OF THIS.

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IS WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PUT A

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REPUBLICAN KINZINGER ON A

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COMMISSION TO GIVE IT THE

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CREDIBILITY OF BIPARTISANSHIP.

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WHATEVER THEY COME UP WITH CAN'T

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BE DISMISSED AS A PARTISAN WITCH

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HUNT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

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AND CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER HAS

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EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING

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SOMETHING LIKE AND LIZ CHENEY IN

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WYOMING.

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I THINK THEY HAVE GONE FOR BROKE

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HERE.

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THEY ARE THE HOLD OUTS IN THEIR

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PARTY SAYING WE NEED TO RID THE

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PARTY OF THE LIES AND RID THE

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PARTY OF THE EXTREMISM AND MOVE

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ON FROM DONALD TRUMP.

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AND CLEARLY, THE VAST MAJORITY

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OF THE PARTY IS NOT WITH THEM.

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HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THEIR

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POLITICAL CAREERS?

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I DON'T KNOW.

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IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE

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IF ONE OF THEM IF NOT BOTH OF

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THEM GETS PUT ON THAT

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COMMISSION.

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>> HEATHER CIRCLING BACK TO CITY

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NEWS, IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE

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CHICAGO'S POLICE UNION'S

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CONTRACT EXPIRED WITH THE CITY.

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HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED POLICING

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IN THE CITY?

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IS THERE ANY SIGNS THE TWO SIDES

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WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO AN

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AGREEMENT SOON?

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>> NOPE, THERE IS NO DEAL IN

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SIGHT IT EXPIRED FOUR YEARS AGO

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TODAY THE LARGEST CONTRACT

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NEGOTIATION NOW IN THE CITY'S

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HISTORY.

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AND THE ISSUE IS TWO FOLD.

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THE CITY WANTS REFORMS AND THE

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FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE DOES

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NOT WANT REFORMS.

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BOTH SIDES ARE DUG IN.

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AND EVEN THOUGH THE CITY IS

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PREPARED TO GIVE OFFICERS A

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SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF

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RETROACTIVE PAY TO MAKEUP FOR

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PAY RAISES THEY HAVE MISSED,

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THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY IN

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SIGHT TO BREAK THE LOGJAM

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BECAUSE THE MAYOR WILL NOT

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ENDORSE A DEAL THAT DOES NOT

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HAVE REFORMS AND THE UNION WILL

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NOT.

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>> THIS IS THE HOLD PUT ON BY

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THE MEASURE'S SPONSOR WHILE

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SOMETIMES CAN YOU PLAY TRICKS

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AND SOMEBODY AGAINST THE BILL

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WILL USE THIS TO PREVENT THIS

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FROM COMING LAW.

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IT COMES AFTER STATE

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REPRESENTATIVE DELIA RAMIREZ MET

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WITH LORI LIGHTFOOT NOT A LOT OF

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NEWS.

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I DON'T THINK EITHER SIDE IS

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BUDGING IT'S GOING TO THE

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GOVERNOR WHO SAID HE WILL SIGN

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IT.

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C.P.S. ON THE WAY TO AN ELECTED

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SCHOOL BOARD.

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>> MORE TO TALK ABOUT ON THE

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NEXT SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

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THANKS TO AMANDA VINICKY,

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HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS

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SCHUTZ.

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AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT