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Supreme Court Halts Census In Latest Twist of 2020 Count

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October.

Calling All Community Scientists: The Field Museum Needs Help Bringing Its Collection Into the Digital Age

The Field Museum is looking for volunteers to help digitize 100-year-old handwritten field notes and specimen labels in order to make the information more accessible to researchers.

Indiana Added to Chicago’s Quarantine Order

Chicagoans should not travel to the Hoosier State, said Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health. The city’s quarantine order now includes 25 states and Puerto Rico.

CPS Aiming to Increase Teacher Diversity Through New Partnership

Chicago Public Schools says it wants to triple the number of district graduates it hires annually as teachers, and through a new partnership, it’s planning to make the majority of those hires people of color.

Aldermen Reject Lightfoot’s Proposal to Ease Ban on Lobbying by Elected Officials

A ban blocking elected officials from outside Chicago from lobbying city officials will remain in place after aldermen unanimously rejected a proposal from Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday to ease the ban.

Illinois Surpasses 9,000 Coronavirus-Related Deaths

Health officials on Tuesday reported 29 new coronavirus-related deaths in Illinois, bringing the statewide death toll to 9,026 since the first virus-related death was reported on March 17.

October 13, 2020 - Full Show

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Defiant Trump Defends Virus Record in 1st Post-COVID Rally

Defiant as ever about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump on Monday turned his first campaign rally since contracting COVID-19 into a full-throated defense of his handling of the pandemic that has killed 215,000 Americans.

Barrett Vows To Interpret Laws ‘As They Are Written’

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett presented her approach to the law as conservative and fair on Monday at the start of fast-tracked confirmation hearings, while angry Democrats cast her as a threat to Americans’ health care coverage.

Central Camera Rises From the Ashes After Looting, Fire

For a 121-year-old camera store in Chicago, everything changed on the night of May 30. How the third-generation owner of Central Camera is rebuilding the business after its destruction.

New Data: Top 1% of Americans Wealthier Than Bottom 50%

According to the Federal Reserve, the gap between the rich and the not-so-rich in the U.S. is getting wider. What that new data may mean for economic inequality in America. 

Community Groups Reteach History of Christopher Columbus

After a summer of social unrest and calls to remove some monuments, activists are still pushing for the city to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. How some groups envision reteaching the history of Christopher Columbus.

‘Fair Tax’ or Tax Hike? Debating the Graduated Income Tax Amendment

Perhaps the most hotly contested race on Illinois ballots this year isn’t between two candidates. It’s a fight over income tax rates. We hear from both sides of the hotly contested measure.

Northwestern Study: 1 in 5 Chicagoans Test Positive for Coronavirus Antibodies

Far more Chicagoans may have been infected by COVID-19 than previously thought. We discuss the preliminary findings of a new study with Dr. Elizabeth McNally of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

October 12, 2020 - Full Show

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