WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Jan. 21, 2022

Pritzker
John O’Connor File / AP Photo
Pritzker
John O’Connor File / AP Photo

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Jan. 21, 2022

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Chicago passes the Omicron peak as Lori Lightfoot returns to CIty Hall after testing positive for COVID, and the gubernatorial race heats up with an injection of big bucks to J.B. Pritzker’s campaign war chest.

Reset checks in with two local journalists about those stories and the other big news of the week.

GUEST: Rick Pearson, chief political reporter, Chicago Tribune; Erin Hegarty, City Hall reporter, the Daily Line