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CN Jan 5 2017
2017 is gonna be a big, controversial, historic year. Do we have the news media we need to help navigate these weird times? That’s this week’s topic. The News Media. So we called together a news editor, a co-founder of … Continue reading
CN December 22 2016
Imagine the populations of Rockford, Springfield, Naperville, Aurora, Evanston, Schaumburg and Oak Park all in one place. Let’s make that place Cook County, Illinois. What if we told you that that number of people, roughly 800,000, is how many people … Continue reading
CN Dec 15 2016
Ever heard of VSI? It’s the Vendor Services Initiative, and it was deigned to help pay the hundreds of vendors who’ve never been paid by the State over the past few years of layered fiscal crises. Trouble is, the way … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Rauner, Dave McKinney, Illinois budget, Mike Madigan, Reuters, Tony Arnold, WBEZ
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CN Dec 8 2016
Ben Carson is about to become the guy who oversees public housing and doles out community development block grants to every urban center in America. What does that mean for Chicago? Y’know all the stories about CHA’s broken promises and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Carson, CHA, desegregation, Ethan Michaeli, HUD, Lee Bey, Plan for Transformation, privatization
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CN Dec 1 2016
No matter how you look at it, Wednesday, Nov. 30 was a big day for the CTA. The City Council unanimously passed the largest single TIF ever, to raise nearly a billion dollars in 35 years that funds about half … Continue reading
CN Nov 17 2016
Pat Quinn was our Governor from 2009-20015. As you may recall, a billionaire financier named Bruce Rauner defeated him. On today’s show, he briefly compares notes with Hillary Clinton, who was also defeated by a billionaire with no government … Continue reading
CN Nov 10 2016
Delmarie Cobb, Bruce DuMont and Chris Robling have been in too many political battles to count. But the Trump victory was unique even for them. These political consultants, activists, writers and broadcasters sat down with us this week for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce DuMont, Chris Robling, DelmarieCobb, Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton
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CN Nov 3 2016
How much will the new settlement between the CTU and Chicago Public Schools, which has now been ratified, end up costing? CUBS WIN! Is using TIF money to fill budget holes at CPS a good idea? CUBS WIN! Is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Otter, CTBA, CTU contract, Lockbox amendment, public safety, State funding
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CN Oct 27 2016
Yusuf Omar is running a brand new newsroom. He has 750 reporters. They do all their reporting using cell phones. And there are 75 different types of phones, because his newsroom is in Dehli, India. Gary Kebbel once edited newspapers … Continue reading
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