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State Week: Chance, Conspiracies & Contracts

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Chance the Rapper critiques Gov. Bruce Rauner's job performance, the governor alleges a conspiracy among Democrats, and the Appellate Court gives AFSCME a temporary reprieve in its contract fight.

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Brian Mackey, and guests Dave Dahl of WTAX-AM and Chris Mooney of the Institute of Government & Public Affairs at the University of Illinois.

Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.
The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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