Left of Dial is back after a long hiatus, Ben is once again joined by Eddie Pratt Jr. to talk about the SWIFT Program in Champaign and Urbana (Illinois). Ben and Eddie were also joined by Marc Girdler of Decatur to talk about Governor JB Pritzker signing a law that bans police in Illinois from lying or misleading minors starting in 2022. Then a discussion about paying service workers a livable wage, meaning raising the minimum wage. 

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Sources used or read for the show: 

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1016710927/illinois-is-the-first-state-to-tell-police-they-cant-lie-to-minors-in-interrogat

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/business/restaurant-workers-experience/index.html?fbclid=IwAR34YrZsjvvfjQZTBkL3sK-VFu2EK_n8ubZMFgG9YY_18dA0ugVCah2Yi9w