Thursday, June 30, 2022
Today’s headlines:
- Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said he was not happy with the defeat of candidates backed by his Republican billionaire foe.
- The State of Illinois has a new tool to help law enforcement find and track illegal firearms.
- It was an expensive election cycle, especially for a race that captured national attention.
- The race for the Republican nomination in Illinois’ 2nd congressional district remains too close to announce.
In today’s deep dive, we’ll learn how the United States is caught in a critical shortage of a drug doctors need for some of its most vulnerable patients, known as “the media of contact”.
217 Today is produced by Sydney Wood. Reporting today provided by Dave McKinney, Reginald Hardwick, Harrison Malkin and Dan Gorenstein.
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