WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Jan. 7, 2022

By Andrea Guthmann
an information sign is displayed as a child arrives with her parent to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
In this file photo from Nov. 17, 2021, an information sign is displayed as a child arrives with her parent to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11-years-old at London Middle School in northwest suburban Wheeling. Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press
an information sign is displayed as a child arrives with her parent to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
In this file photo from Nov. 17, 2021, an information sign is displayed as a child arrives with her parent to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11-years-old at London Middle School in northwest suburban Wheeling. Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Jan. 7, 2022

By Andrea Guthmann
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Cook County launches vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars and gyms; Chicago cancels school after teachers refuse to teach in-person, and longtime Congressman Bobby Rush announces retirement.

Reset goes behind the headlines on the Weekly News Recap.

GUESTS: Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune state government reporter

Kimberley Egonmwan, commentator for WVON, attorney