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Mayor Lori Lightfoot blocks a six-month delay on recreational weed sales starting Jan.1. Cook County Board proposes a 3% pot tax. Plus Gov. JB Pritzker signs a pension consolidation bill,

Reset breaks down these stories and more in WBEZ’s Chicago and Illinois News Roundup.

GUESTS: A.D. Quig, government and politics reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business

Claudia Morell, WBEZ City Hall reporter

Lolly Bowean, Chicago Tribune reporter

Reset talks to Democratic Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois’ 5th district, who was one of the 230 house votes in favor of impeachment.

A WBEZ investigation found multiple prisoners have been denied eye surgery because of a “one good eye” policy.

Also, survivors of crime in Illinois are some of the least likely in the United States to apply for victim compensation and services.

Reset finds out why from two crime victims advocates.

The deadline to sign up for healthcare through the Affordable Care Act has been extended until tomorrow morning. Dan Weissmann, host of the podcast “An Arm and a Leg” brings us the details and breaks down why accessing health insurance in this country is so costly and confusing. But first, a look at what to expect on Wednesday when — for just the third time in American history — the House of Representatives will debate and vote on whether to impeach a sitting president.

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s “Folded Map” project brings together residents across Chicago’s segregation lines, and the project has expanded to include West Side addresses.

Reset sits down with Tonika and her first pair of West Side map twins to hear about the experience.

Daily Line’s Heather Cherone, Chicago Sun Times and ABC 7’s Laura Washington, and WTTW’s Paris Schutz dive into the biggest stories in and around Chicago this week.

Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman breaks down the latest Moody’s report that says Chicago and Detroit are at the bottom of a list of major American cities when it comes to how well they’d fare when the next big recession hits. Plus searching for the perfect latke ahead of Hanukkah

Shannon Downey mixes crafts and activism to create “Craftivism”, and IL Congressman Krishnamoorthi talks about the articles of impeachment.