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The CloutCast is a Chicago-based podcast from The Daily Line about politics and policy in Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois. Each episode, the Daily Line’s reporters delve into a host of topics ranging from budgets and redistricting to criminal justice and housing. Guests include policymakers, elected officials, lobbyists, organizers and reporters, who will share their insights and analysis. New episodes are released every two weeks.
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Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Now that the Illinois General Assembly’s regular session is underway, lobbyists from all corners are scrambling to make sure their interests are being represented in new legislation. Those lobbyists include representatives of Chicago and Cook County, who are respectively whipping legislators in support of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s and county board President Toni Preckwinkle’s policy goals. In this episode, Alex Nitkin talks to Chicago Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Affairs Manny Perez and Cook County Director of External Affairs John Roberson to discuss the bills Lightfoot and Preckwinkle want to see become laws in Springfield this year.
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