During this week’s special edition of the Week in Review, Joel Weisman and guests look back on the biggest stories of 2016, from soaring gun violence and police shootings to the Lucas Museum, the state budget stalemate and the World Champion Cubs.

Which stories were the most important, the most overplayed, the saddest and the most hopeful?

Guests

John McCarron, Chicago Tribune contributor

Maudlyne Ihejirika, Chicago Sun-Times

Chris Fusco, Chicago Sun-Times

Lester Munson, ESPN

Joel and his guests continue the conversation online. Some members of the Chicago Aldermanic Black Caucus were upset that Mayor Rahm Emanuel came up with money for a legal defense fund for undocumented immigrants. Were they right?

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