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Mayor Johnson's Budget Plan And How We Pay For It
Episode 102
Host - Jon Hansen
Reporter - Quinn Myers
The Full Story
The 2024 budget proposal would increase police spending slightly, focusing on more detectives. I…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 100 - A Whole Lotta Good News
Episode 101
Host - Jon Hansen
From lush gardens, rewards for drinking beer, cheese fortune tellers, and priceless art hanging in dorms, we've got a hodgepodge of …
2 years, 7 months ago
While The CTA Flounders, Its Leader Keeps Getting Pay Hikes
Episode 100
Host - Jon Hansen
Reporter - Manny Ramos
As CTA riders coped with unreliable and sometimes unsafe service, agency President Dorval Carter’s salary clim…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Voice Of The CTA
Episode 99
Host - Jon Hansen
Lee Crooks, "The Voice of the CTA" who tells "L" and bus riders what stop is coming and which side the doors open joins the show!
Wa…
2 years, 7 months ago
Chicago Could Soon End Subminimum Wages For Tipped Workers
Episode 98
Host - Jon Hansen
Reporter - Quinn Myers
Read the rest of the story HERE
Alderpeople and an influential restaurant industry group have reached a comprom…
2 years, 7 months ago
Cats In Action - Helping Chicago's 500,000 Feral Cats
Episode 97
Host - Jon Hansen
Cats in Action’s mission is to enable people to help free-roaming cats through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) by sharing best practices an…
2 years, 7 months ago
These Kids Started Their Own Newspaper — And Want You To Read More Local News
Episode 96
Host - Jon Hansen
Reporter - Mack Liederman
With "The Kidler," a bunch of inquisitive Chicago teenagers have teamed up to keep the pulse of their neigh…
2 years, 8 months ago
One Year After The Migrant Buses Began Arriving
Episode 95
Host - Jon Hansen
Reporter - Madison Savedra
The Story - HERE
Thousands of people are still sleeping on police station floors and a lack of concrete, l…
2 years, 8 months ago
They've Visited 365 Chicago Parks - And They're Just Getting Started
Episode 94
Host - Jon Hansen
The Schmidts have visited over half of Chicago's 600-plus parks. It's been a fun, an enlightening journey.
Follow their journey HERE…
2 years, 8 months ago
Fueling Up For The Air And Water Show
Episode 93
Host - Jon Hansen
Photojournalist - Colin Boyle
A KC-135 refueling tanker took off from Gary Jet Center Thursday morning with Illinois Air National Gua…
2 years, 8 months ago