WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: July 22, 2022

This week, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tests positive for COVID-19. Plus, NASCAR drag races in downtown Chicago are given a green light.

By Andrea Guthmann
Stock cars set up in downtown Chicago in advance of the announcement that NASCAR will hold a race in the city each year for three years, starting in 2023, Tuesday afternoon. The 2.2-mile showcase represents the first street course race in NASCAR’s 75-year history.
Stock cars set up in downtown Chicago in advance of the announcement that NASCAR will hold a race in the city each year for three years, starting in 2023, Tuesday afternoon. The 2.2-mile showcase represents the first street course race in NASCAR’s 75-year history. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times
Stock cars set up in downtown Chicago in advance of the announcement that NASCAR will hold a race in the city each year for three years, starting in 2023, Tuesday afternoon. The 2.2-mile showcase represents the first street course race in NASCAR’s 75-year history.
Stock cars set up in downtown Chicago in advance of the announcement that NASCAR will hold a race in the city each year for three years, starting in 2023, Tuesday afternoon. The 2.2-mile showcase represents the first street course race in NASCAR’s 75-year history. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: July 22, 2022

This week, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tests positive for COVID-19. Plus, NASCAR drag races in downtown Chicago are given a green light.

By Andrea Guthmann
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Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger is in the national spotlight for leading Thursday’s Jan. 6th committee hearing while Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky makes her own headlines in D.C.

Reset digs deeper into the headlines on the Weekly News Recap.

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