Tag Archives: Chicago Sun-Times

CN May 31 2018

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Ken

We’re joined this week by Lauren FitzPatrick, education reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, and Sarah Karp, education reporter at WBEZ. They discuss yesterday’s announcement by Mayor Emanuel that he intends to bring four-year pre-K classes to every CPS elementary … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged 50 closed schools, Chicago Sun-Times, CPS, filthy schools, Free Pre-K, Lauren Pitzpatrick, privatization, Sarah Karp, special education cuts, state oversight of special ed, University of Chicago report, WBEZ | Leave a comment

CN April 12 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Ken

Chris Fusco, Editor-in-Chief of the Chicago Sun-Times, is our guest this week. Fusco talks about the extraordinary challenges the Sun-Times and other media face in a market that’s only becoming more competitive. As newspaper, magazine and broadcast companies find themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Chicago Sun-Times, Chris Fusco, Leslie Baldacci, Linda Yu, Mary Mitchell, podcasts | Leave a comment

CN December 7 2017

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Ken

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 →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Chicago Sun-Times, compensatory time, Eddie Johnson, Inspector General, Joe Ferguson, Motor Truck Drivers, overtime pay, Police Accountability Task Force, Rahm Emanuel, Teamsters | Leave a comment

CN Oct. 5 2017 Dan Mihalopoulos

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Ken

An hour after we recorded this discussion, everything changed. Then on Friday it changed again, in a big way. After Cook County Commissioner John Daley announced that he was switching sides on the pop tax, other commissioners jumped with … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Barnes and Thornburg, Chicago Sun-Times, Dan Mihalopoulos, First Tuesdays, PepsiCo, Pop Tax, Richard Boykin, Soda Tax, Toni Preckwinkle | Leave a comment

CN July 20 2017

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Ken

Well, Illinois has a budget. But the schools don’t. Chicago Public Schools, for the third year in a row, presented to its principals a budget for their individual schools that’s based on state money that has been promised – sorta … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged beverage tax, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Sun-Times, Chris Fusco, Google, Mike Madigan, school funding, state budget, Sun-Times sale, Tony Arnold, WBEZ | Leave a comment

CN June 1 2017

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Ken

Here’s what Natasha Korecki said in this morning’s Illinois Playbook: This is a day you’ll want to buy hard copies of the Sun-Times and the Tribune, sit down with a large cup of coffee, and read. There’s that much … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged 2016 Olympics, Andy Manar, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chris Kennedy, elected school board, Hal Dardick, Illinois budget, J.B. Pritzker, Jefferson Park, Joe Ferguson, John Arena, Mark Brown, Police conract, prevailing wage, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Schools funding | Leave a comment

CN May 25 2017

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Ken

What will a tronc-absorbed Sun-Times and Reader look like? Does anybody believe the claims that tronc will allow both to operate their own newsrooms independently? With Sun-Times circulation dropping below 130,000 per day, there are more people watching the ten-o’clock … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Capitol Fax, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Scott Smith, The BGA, The Chicago Reader, The Daily Line, Thom Clark | Leave a comment

CN May 4 2017

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Ken

CPS is enduring yet another of its “how-can-we keep-going-without-a-huge cash-infusion crises, except that, instead of its usual fall timing, this is a separate crisis just to figure out how it’ll finish the school year. The total amount needed this time? … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Barbara Byrd Bennett, Becky Vevea, Betsy DeVos, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Sun-Times, CPS deficit, dropping enrollment, Forrest Claypool, Lauren FitzPatrick, Pension reform, Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Karp, single high school application, vouchers, WBEZ | Leave a comment

CN September 29 2016

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Ken

Wanna know a big reason why people are shooting their fellow citizens on Chicago’s streets? Because they can. Because there are few, if any, consequences. “95% of the time if you shoot somebody and they survive you’re going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Chicago Sun-Times, Chris Fusco, de-escalation, Eddie Johnson, Frank Main, Kwame Raoul, mandatory minimum sentencing, Rahm Emanuel | Leave a comment

CN September 8 2016

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Ken

Chicago, sadly, is right at the 3,000-people-shot-this-year mark. We talk about it today with the Reader’s Sarah Macaraeg, who co-wrote, along with Allison Flowers, the deeply-researched article Charged With Murder, but They Didn’t Kill Anyone, Police Did. Legendary Chicago journalist … Continue reading →