This week, Bill is joined by Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Joe Mahr. You've heard of voter suppression but Joe wrote all about candidate suppression. What is candidate suppression? And find out how it's harder to get on the ballot in Illinois than it is in other states.

The reporter roundtable with Heather Cherone, Dave Stewart, Greg Hinz and Ray Long discussed Brandon Johnson's staff which saw another change this week. The Michael Madigan trial began this week. The man wrote literally wrote the book on Madigan, Ray Long, and the rest of the roundtable talk about what the defense and the prosecution are saying so far. And the Chicago City Council is considering dropping the speed limit in Chicago to 25 miles per hour. Is this about safety or is it just a cash grab?

Finally, it was 10 years ago this week that Laquan McDonald was shot and killed by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Hear what then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said about the CPD about a year after the murder.

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