WGLT Sound Ideas- 2/08/21

Governor JB Pritzker says there's a reason the state borrowed 97,000 vaccine doses from a federal program to immunize people in long term care facilities. He says the federal estimate of needed doses includes full facility capacity and there are really a lot of empty beds. Pritzker says if the state is wrong about the extra, they can pay back the loan with other doses. Plus, District 87 Superintendent Barry Reilly reflects on his career as he ramps down to retirement. Finally, hear how the Crossroads Theater Project hopes to have a White House tea party nearly a century ago influence today's dialog on race and prejudice.