WBEZ Weekly News Recap, August 6, 2021

Pritzker announces a statewide schools mask mandate, Cubs move closer to a sports betting building and the latest on the cannabis lottery.

By Andrea Guthmann
A pre-K student wears a mask and sits behind a plastic shield
A pre-K student wears a mask at Dawes Elementary School on Jan. 11, 2021 on the first day back to in-person learning. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
A pre-K student wears a mask and sits behind a plastic shield
A pre-K student wears a mask at Dawes Elementary School on Jan. 11, 2021 on the first day back to in-person learning. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

WBEZ Weekly News Recap, August 6, 2021

Pritzker announces a statewide schools mask mandate, Cubs move closer to a sports betting building and the latest on the cannabis lottery.

By Andrea Guthmann
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Restaurants, bars and employers are requiring vaccinations as daily COVID cases top 3,000. Plus, former Illinois Governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich files a lawsuit challenging the ban on his right to run for office again.

GUESTS: A. D. Quig, government and politics reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business

Tom McNamee, Chicago Sun-Times editorial page editor