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CN Jan 25 2018
About a third of a million Americans work today in the solar energy field. They’re making solar panels, wire, inverters, conduits, roof support racks and hundreds of other products. They’re working in offices designing custom installations, since every roof is … Continue reading
CN Jan 18 2018 (Education)
Guest host Craig Newman welcomes the Chicago Reporter’s Kalyn Belsha and Sun-Times eduction reporter Lauren FitzPatrick for a conversation about he state of education in Chicago and the future of CPS under new CEO Janice Jackson. Belsha also discusses her … Continue reading
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CN Jan 11 2018 Michael Wasney
Over the past decade, the Chicago Police (and, for that matter, other urban police departments) have come to rely more and more heavily on technology, apps and database management to supplement their police work. Some might fear it’s slowly supplanting … Continue reading
CN Jan 11 2018 Stacy Davis Gates
Stacy Davis Gates is the Political Director for the Chicago Teachers Union. She’s been a student, teacher, a principal and a parent at many Chicago Public Schools, but at some point in her life she decided it was time … Continue reading
CN December 21 2017
Richard Boykin is the Pop-Tax Slayer. The three-year incumbent County Commissioner from the first District (Maywood, Broadview, Bellwood, Oak Park and parts of Chicago’s west side) made a name for himself when he took a major lead in the … Continue reading
CN December 14 2017 Juan Perez, Jr.
The Trib’s Jennifer Smith Richards and Juan Perez, Jr have written a powerful two-part series on the plight of 17 neighborhood high schools that have all but emptied out over the past few years. Their report, titled Chicago’s Shrinking Schools, can … Continue reading
CN December 7 2017
Mayor Daley, excited by the prospects his 2016 Chicago Olympics only nine years away, wanted to make sure there were no city workers on strike during the festivities. So in 2007 he forged ten-year contracts with what amounted to 90% … Continue reading
CN November 16 2017
Mayor Harold Washington died in office thirty years ago this Thanksgiving. It was November 25, 1987, and for those of us who knew him in some way we’ll always associate the day before Thanksgiving with his sudden death while … Continue reading
CN Nov 9 2017 Bettina Chang and Darryl Holliday
Rest in peace, DNAInfo Chicago. Chicago without the late, great DNAinfo just doesn’t seem the same. They enterprised unexpected neighborhood stories that nobody else in this town was covering. They reported on fun happenings like bar and restaurant openings. And let’s not … Continue reading
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