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Watch: Looking back at top political stories of 2013 in Illinois and Chicago

By Sun-Times Wire

Pensions, Bruce Rauner, unions? What are the biggest political stories of 2013?

Host Natasha Korecki discusses with Sun-Times columnists Mary Mitchell and Mark Brown and special guest WTTW Paris Schutz.

MORE: Lynn Sweet’s top political stories of 2013 from Washington, D.C.

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