WBEZ Weekly News Recap, October 7, 2022

Mayor Lightfoot unveils next year’s city budget and the two candidates for Governor face off in their first debate.

Millennium Park The Bean Chicago
Tourists gather in front of the Cloudgate sculpture in Millennium Park during summer of 2017. Sönke Biehl / Flickr
Millennium Park The Bean Chicago
Tourists gather in front of the Cloudgate sculpture in Millennium Park during summer of 2017. Sönke Biehl / Flickr

WBEZ Weekly News Recap, October 7, 2022

Mayor Lightfoot unveils next year’s city budget and the two candidates for Governor face off in their first debate.

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Early voting begins in Chicago; JB Pritzker and Darren Bailey face off in a heated first TV debate; several children are among victims of gun violence over the weekend; and the Chicago Red Stars owner is out in the wake of a women’s soccer abuse scandal.

Reset goes behind the headlines on the Weekly News Recap.

GUESTS: Monica Eng, Chicago reporter for AXIOS

Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times

David Greising, president, CEO Better Government Association