WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: July 29, 2022

Tech giant Google is taking over Thompson Center. Meanwhile, Chicago makes it pitch to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

By Andrea Guthmann
The James R. Thompson Center.
The James R. Thompson Center. Pat Nabong / Chicago Sun-Times
The James R. Thompson Center.
The James R. Thompson Center. Pat Nabong / Chicago Sun-Times

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: July 29, 2022

Tech giant Google is taking over Thompson Center. Meanwhile, Chicago makes it pitch to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

By Andrea Guthmann
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants a dome on Soldier Field, Google is buying the Thompson Center and Illinois remains a monkeypox hotspot.

Reset dives deeper into those stories and more with a panel of journalists on the Weekly News Recap.

GUESTS: Paris Schutz, reporter and anchor for WTTW-TV

Justin Kaufmann, Chicago reporter for AXIOS

Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune chief political reporter