Category Archives: Chicago Newsroom past shows

Miguel de Valle and Dick Simpson drop by The Newsroom this week for a discussion of the city’s deficit – how it got so big, and what factors (and people) are to blame.  Is Chicago a global city? Does that … Continue reading →

Mayor Emanuel tells us to stop worrying about the historic abuses in the TIF program. He’s appointed an internal oversight committee to make sure everything runs smoothly from now on. So we couldn’t resist asking the Reader’s Ben Joravsky to … Continue reading →

When it comes to CPS budgets and issues, few people are more knowledgeable than George Schmidt, who’s been involved in teaching and reporting on the schools for decades. A blogger and reporter for Substance News, he appears on this week’s … Continue reading →

Just one day after the Chicago Public Schools passed their record budget, Board member Rod Sierra joins the panel to discuss the $150 million dollar property tax increase (“only $1.61 a week”, he explains) and the massive deficits looming in … Continue reading →

One day after his 45-minute live “town hall” webcast with Mayor Emanuel, the BGA’s Andy Shaw talks about how he perceives the Mayor’s First Hundred Days. And Mike Miner, Reader media columnist, talks about his recent piece, “To feed, or … Continue reading →

Education  takes center stage on today’s program as we’re joined by Chicago Reporter’s Angela Caputo and education blogger Fred Klonsky.  Has the bureaucracy been so purged of waste and bloat that now it’s ready to accept a hundred million dollar … Continue reading →

Meghan Cottrell (Chicago Reporter), Hunter Clauss (Chicago News Cooperative) and Don Washington (Mayoral Tutorial) are on today’s panel for a lively discussion of marijuana tickets, expense-padding firefighters, tree-trimming and a dozen other elements in the construction of an effective City … Continue reading →

When Barack Obama started to yield to the Tea Party, it gave them encouragement to continue pressing for more. “People want their president to be tough and decisive”, says Bob Crawford, the sole guest on this week’s Chicago Newsroom. Despite … Continue reading →

Chicago through the eyes of the Editors this week. Tom McNamee, Editorial Page Editor for the Sun-Times and Lou Ransom, Executive Editor of the Chicago Defender are our panelists this week. The black out-migration from Chicago, privatization “tests” for blue-cart … Continue reading →

Did you know that the Latino population in Illinois rose by a half-million in the past decade, but only about 30,000 of those new Latinos were Chicagoans? It all reflects the radical shifts in our population, including the more than … Continue reading →