WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: April 29, 2022

Local workers score some major victories, and Mayor Lightfoot’s gas giveaway narrowly passes in City Council.

By Andrea Guthmann
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The sculpture known as "the Bean" pictured in Chicago's Millennium Park. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
the Bean
The sculpture known as "the Bean" pictured in Chicago's Millennium Park. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: April 29, 2022

Local workers score some major victories, and Mayor Lightfoot’s gas giveaway narrowly passes in City Council.

By Andrea Guthmann
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Parents and teachers protest Chicago Public Schools budget cuts and the owner of the Chicago Reader steps down amid employee protests.

Reset goes behind the headlines in the Weekly News Recap.

GUESTS: Patrick Smith, WBEZ criminal justice reporter

Alex Nitkin, City Hall reporter and editor for The Daily Line