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Chicago City Council doors

With a host of incumbent Chicago City Council seats up for grabs, a somewhat spectrum of political candidates look to win influence for their causes.

Manuel Martinez

Chicago City Council doors

With a host of incumbent Chicago City Council seats up for grabs, a somewhat spectrum of political candidates look to win influence for their causes.

Manuel Martinez

What’s next for Chicago’s City Council?

More than a dozen lawmakers are leaving, wards have been redrawn and political newcomers could win big. Could there be a new era at City Hall?

With a host of incumbent Chicago City Council seats up for grabs, a somewhat spectrum of political candidates look to win influence for their causes.

Manuel Martinez

   

Unprecedented turnover among alderpersons, new ward boundaries and — possibly — a new mayoral administration could usher in a major sea change in how the Chicago City Council does business.

Reset explores the challenges and opportunities for the legislative body after the Feb. 28 election.

GUESTS: Alex Nitkin, reporter with the Illinois Answers Project for the Better Government Association 

Erin Hegarty, city hall reporter for The Daily Line

Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Bronzeville reporter for Block Club Chicago

Joe Ferguson, former City of Chicago Inspector General; executive director of the nonprofit (re)Chicago

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