WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: June 21, 2024
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Mayor Johnson explores making reparations a reality. Cooling centers close for Juneteenth holiday during a record-breaking heat wave. Candidates for Chicago’s first-ever elected school board line up in the heat to get on the ballot. And Chicago City Council considers public financing of aldermanic campaigns. Reset dives into these top stories and more with a panel of local journalists. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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