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Dollar Stores Fined Thousands Of Times — Will The City Do Anything?
Episode 141
Dollar stores across the city have repeatedly violated city health and building codes by selling expired infant formula and other medicine, overcharg…
2 years ago
4 Students Killed Outside Of Chicago Schools -- What's Next?
Episode 140
Violence prevention advocates say physically separating teens after a fight is not enough — schools need to provide counseling and mentors.
Host - Jon…
2 years ago
Wildlife Thriving Thanks To Chicago River’s 50-Year Glow-Up
Episode 139
Animals are flocking back to Chicago after years of polluted air and disgusting waterways. How did the cleanup happen so quickly?
Host - Jon Hansen
Gue…
2 years ago
Chicago Company Helps Seniors Keep Their Pride -- And Their Style
Episode 138
65,000 Americans turn 65-year-old every day. It can be hard for friends and families watch their loved ones struggle with tasks that used to be simpl…
2 years, 1 month ago
City Council Calls For Ceasefire In Gaza
Episode 137
City Council narrowly passed a symbolic resolution on Wednesday calling for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza. Alderpeople tied 23-23 in a final vote on…
2 years, 1 month ago
It's Going To Be A 'Hot Cicada Summer' In Chicago
Episode 136
Chicagoans could soon be shoveling cicadas instead of snow. For the first time in 221 years, two broods of the noisy but harmless insects are set to …
2 years, 1 month ago
Why Is There A Bald Eagle Soaring Over Chicago?
Episode 135
Irving Park neighbors have been captivated this week by what bird experts say is a bald eagle hunting for fish along the North Branch of the Chicago …
2 years, 1 month ago
Chicago Likely Cracking Down On Dollar Stores
Episode 134
Dollar store expansions could soon be curtailed under new regulations making their way through City Council. Quinn Myers explains.
Host - Jon Hansen
R…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Chicago Neighborhood With No Restaurants
Episode 133
Englewood has no local, sit-down restaurants. Atavia Reed details how disinvestment has left an entire Chicago neighborhood with basically nowhere to…
2 years, 1 month ago
Could A Ride-Sharing Network Help Get Chicago Students To School?
Episode 132
Host - Jon Hansen
Guest - Jewél Jackson from the Illinois Answers Project
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Editor - Iridian Fierro
Chicago Public Schools has had early co…
2 years, 1 month ago