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Feb 5, 2024

Oversight Board Urges Meta to Rethink its Policy on Manipulated Media in High-Stakes Election Year

An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta's policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent" and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation that already has begun to target elections across the globe this year.

Feb 2, 2024

Week in Review: Johnson Casts Tiebreaking Vote on Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution; CTU President Called Out Over Violent Rhetoric

A contentious vote in City Hall to back a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas. And a CPS principal files a police report over allegedly violent rhetoric by CTU President Stacy Davis Gates.

Feb 2, 2024

Your Guide to Black History Month Events in Chicago

February marks Black History Month and cultural institutions around Chicago are hosting events celebrating the city’s art and culture scene. Here are a few events you should check out.

Jan 31, 2024

Mayor Brandon Johnson Breaks 23-23 City Council Tie to Call for Cease-Fire in Israel-Hamas War Amid Intense Debate

Chicago is now the largest American city to adopt a cease-fire resolution, joining Minneapolis, San Francisco, Oakland, Atlanta and Detroit.

Jan 31, 2024

Goodbye Gas Stoves? Proposal Seeks to Make All New Construction in Chicago Use Electric Appliances

Advocates say the proposed ordinance aims to combat climate change and reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, while critics believe it would increase cost and risk reliability.

Jan 30, 2024

Jan. 30, 2024 - Full Show

Election officials rule on whether Donald Trump can be on the Illinois ballot. CPS students walk out in support of Gaza cease-fire. And an effort to ban natural gas in new Chicago homes.

Jan 30, 2024

CPS Students Hold Walkouts in Support of Gaza Cease-Fire

Students from Ogden International High School and Walter Payton College Preparatory High School marched to City Hall, carrying signs and chanting slogans such as “Viva Vida Palestina” and “our tax dollars are being used to commit war crimes.”

Jan 30, 2024

Illinois Election Board Votes to Keep Trump, Biden on March Primary Ballot

The Illinois State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted to reject attempts to knock former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden off the ballot. The bipartisan board was unanimous in each of the rulings.

Jan 29, 2024

Rep. Delia Ramirez on Immigration Policy, Congressional Conflict Over Bipartisan Border Deal

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago), herself the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, weighs in on the situation in Washington and efforts to address immigration.

Jan 29, 2024

Jan. 29, 2024 - Full Show

The latest on whether the city will evict migrants from city-run shelters. Congress members look to strike a deal to clamp down on border crossings. And a look at how exactly Cook County calculates property taxes. 

Jan 29, 2024

Sports Columnist Rick Telander Focuses His Pen on Children’s Poetry in New Book

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander certainly waxes poetic when lamenting the fates of our oft-underperforming sports franchises. But now he’s turned his literary and wordsmith abilities to poetry in a new book called “Sweet Dreams: Poems and Paintings for the Child Abed.”

Jan 29, 2024

Chicago Won’t Evict Migrants Until At Least Mid-March, Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces

Mayor Brandon Johnson did not lift the requirement that migrants leave city-run shelters in 60 days — instead, the nearly 14,200 men, women and children in city shelters will have longer to find more permanent housing.

Jan 29, 2024

First Installment of 2023 Cook County Property Tax Bills Arrives On Time

Property tax bills for Cook County residents are available online at cookcountytreasurer.com and should hit mailboxes this week.

Jan 26, 2024

Week in Review: Pritzker and Johnson Trade Blame Over Migrant Shelter Shortfalls; Haley Sharpens Attacks on Trump

Escalating tensions between Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. J.B. Pritzker over the sheltering of migrants. And former President Donald Trump works to kill a bipartisan border security deal.

Jan 24, 2024

‘Night and Day’ Transformation: Arnold Randall is Leaving Cook County Forest Preserves in Better Shape Than He Found Them

From catching walleye to bringing restoration work out of the dark ages to passage of a groundbreaking tax hike, Arnold Randall reflects on his 13 years as general superintendent of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County.