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Video: A Question and Answer with DeKalb mayoral candidates Carolyn Morris and Cohen Barnes

Daily Chronicle editor Kelsey Rettke (top, right) and news reporter Katie Finlon (bottom, right) had a virtual chat with DeKalb mayoral candidates Cohen Barnes (top, left) and Carolyn Morris (bottom, left) leading up to the April 6 election.

Daily Chronicle editor Kelsey Rettke (top, right) and news reporter Katie Finlon (bottom, right) had a virtual chat with DeKalb mayoral candidates Cohen Barnes (top, left) and Carolyn Morris (bottom, left) leading up to the April 6 election. (Shaw Local News Network)

By Kelsey Rettke and Katie Finlon

Daily Chronicle editor Kelsey Rettke and news reporter Katie Finlon recently had a virtual sit down with DeKalb mayoral candidates Carolyn Morris and Cohen Barnes to discuss tax increment financing, racial equity, police reform and the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, among other issues.

You can also read an abbreviated story version of this video interview here.

Video: A Q&A with DeKalb mayoral candidates Carolyn Morris and Cohen Barnes Daily Chronicle editor Kelsey Rettke and news reporter Katie Finlon had a virtual sit down with DeKalb mayoral candidates Carolyn Morris and Cohen Barnes.

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Kelsey Rettke

Kelsey Rettke

Kelsey Rettke is the editor of the Daily Chronicle, part of Shaw Media and DeKalb County's only daily newspaper devoted to local news, crime and courts, government, business, sports and community coverage. Kelsey also covers breaking news for Shaw Media Local News Network.

Katie Finlon

Katie Finlon

Katie Finlon covers local government and breaking news for DeKalb County in Illinois. She has covered local government news for Shaw Media since 2018 and has had bylines in Daily Chronicle, Kendall County Record newspapers, Northwest Herald and in public radio over the years.