Category Archives: Chicago Newsroom past shows

Lou Ransom is Exectutive Editor of the Chicago Defender, and his paper endorsed Carol Moseley-Braun for Mayor immediately before this appearance. The mold, he said, is Richard M. Daley. The Defender asked – do we want another Richard Daley or … Continue reading →

Dick Kay and Sam Hudzik join us for this week’s discussion.  Dick was political editor for 38 years at Channel 5, and today he holds forth every Saturday afternoon with “Back on the Beat” on WCPT radio. Sam is the … Continue reading →

We’ve assembled a powerhouse panel this week to discuss the Rahm Emanuael Residency Question.  It happens that we finished taping the show a few hours before the unanimous Supreme Court decision returning Emanuel to the ballot. But the show’s still … Continue reading →

We’re pleased to have Chicago Reporter Editor Kimbriell Kelly and Sun Times Columnist Mark Brown in the Chicago Newsroom this week.  Mark admits that he actually spent some time reading the entire Office Of Federal Housing Enterprise Authority Dec. 2003 Report … Continue reading →

Andrew Patner (critic-at-large for WFMT and Sun-Times classical music critic) is our distinguished solo guest on today’s show. We talk about the death penalty in Illinois, the mayoral election and the fallout from the Tucson shootings. But we spend the … Continue reading →

It’s our first really detailed look at Chicago’s Ward races on this week’s show. Ten of the Council’s fifty seats have no incumbent this time, and at least another ten seats are so strongly contested that some experts believe forty … Continue reading →

It’s our year-end program, and we enjoy a relaxed conversation with Chicago Reader columnist and author Ben Joravsky. We talk about the state of education in Chicago and the legacy of Mayor Daley. Tax Increment Financing, the CHA and President … Continue reading →

Only a few hours before appearing on our show, The Better Government Association’s  Andy Shaw had moderated a mayoral forum on education issues.  He re-capped some of the forum’s highlights, including the debate over James Meeks’ proposal to give 50,000 … Continue reading →

Cindi Canary joins us today to talk about how new campaign finance laws will affect the municipal elections, come January 1. She’s director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, and she tells us that, especially in the runoff election, … Continue reading →

We have a broad spectrum of political voices on the show this week, but they all agree on one thing : vast expansion of gambling in Illinois is simply bad public policy.  Oh, and they’re feeling pretty positively about Miguel … Continue reading →