Spotlight Politics: Juneteenth Now Official State Holiday
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Illinois has a new official state holiday. Our Spotlight Politics team weighs in.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs a law making Juneteenth an official state holiday. Meanwhile, lawmakers are back in Springfield, infuriating Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Our Spotlight Politics team weighs in on those stories and more in this week’s roundtable.
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Spotlight Politics: Juneteenth Now Official State Holiday
Clip: 6/16/2021 | 12m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs a law making Juneteenth an official state holiday. Meanwhile, lawmakers are back in Springfield, infuriating Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Our Spotlight Politics team weighs in on those stories and more in this week’s roundtable.
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