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The Illinois State Capitol is seen Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Springfield, Ill.

Seth Perlman

WBEZ Weekly News Recap: June 4, 2021

New ethics laws, an elected school board for Chicago, and a bill allowing college sports betting. The pandemic brought on a backlog of bills in Springfield.

Reset gets a rundown on which bills did and didn’t make it through the Illinois legislature this week.

GUESTS: Dan Petrella, state government reporter for the Chicago Tribune; Dave McKinney, state politics reporter at WBEZ

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