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State Week: Lightfoot Elected Chicago Mayor

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Brian Mackey, Charles N. Wheeler III
Published April 5, 2019 at 4:34 PM CDT
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Lori Lightfoot was elected mayor of Chicago this week, trouncing Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

How’d she win? What’s her agenda? And what kind of city council will she have to work with?

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Brian Mackey, and guest Jamie Nesbitt Golden of Block Club Chicago.
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Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.
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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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