04/06/21: The $2 billion fight brewing in City Hall

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Chicago will receive nearly $2 billion in federal COVID relief funds with relatively few strings attached. Government reporter A.D. Quig joins host Amy Guth to discuss how Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces the ultimate political test as aldermen push to steer cash toward their own pet projects. Plus: Walgreens rolls out its first COVID vaccine ad campaign, Pritzker signs bill boosting CTU bargaining rights, Illinois weed sales reach a new high, and how the pandemic made a bad situation worse at the Thompson Center.