WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: June 12, 2020

Reset breaks down the biggest local news of the week in our Friday News Roundup with Jenn White.

By Nereida Moreno
Chicago George Floyd Protest
A sign is seen outside of Federal Plaza during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Chicago, Saturday, May 30, 2020. Floyd died after being taken into custody and restrained by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day in Minnesota. Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo
Chicago George Floyd Protest
A sign is seen outside of Federal Plaza during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Chicago, Saturday, May 30, 2020. Floyd died after being taken into custody and restrained by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day in Minnesota. Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo

WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: June 12, 2020

Reset breaks down the biggest local news of the week in our Friday News Roundup with Jenn White.

By Nereida Moreno
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Illinois surpasses 130,000 cases of COVID-19. Chicago faces a $700 million budget shortfall because of the pandemic. Plus, video shows CPD officers lounging in the burglarized offices of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush while nearby businesses were being looted.

Reset breaks down the biggest local news of the week in our Friday News Roundup with host Jenn White.

GUESTS: Heather Cherone, Chicago politics reporter at WTTW

Paris Schutz, WTTW political correspondent and host