OTL #800: OTL at 800, Education legislation in Springfield, The Secret History of J.B. Ritchie

<p>Mike Stephen discusses the state education legislation moving through Springfield with <a href= "https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/31/22910895/illinois-legislative-session-education-budget-covid-recovery" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Chalkbeat</em></a> reporter Samantha Smylie, learns the Secret History of local blues guitarist <a href= "https://chicagoreader.com/music/blues-rock-guitarist-j-b-ritchie-set-off-fireworks-that-too-few-people-saw/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">J.B. Ritchie</a>, and celebrates 800 episodes of this podcast and radio show with co-founder and former producer <a href= "https://wgnradio.com/outside-the-loop-radio/mike-stephen/otl-567-chicago-fringe-fest-bars-of-chicago-goodbye-to-andy-hermann/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Andy Hermann</a>.</p>