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CPS Student Files Civil Suit Claiming School Building Violates ADA

CPS CEO Forrest Claypool and the Board of Education are both named in a civil suit filed Friday by Access Living, a disability advocacy nonprofit, on behalf of the wheelchair-bound student at Drummond Montessori Magnet School in Bucktown.

Chicago Hackathon to Address Resources for Veterans

A weeklong event brings coders and innovators together – both virtually and in person – to build websites and mobile apps to help veterans.

The Week in Review: Illinois Leaders Worry Over Health Care Overhaul

Illinois would get slammed with extra Medicaid costs as Republicans rush to repeal Obamacare. Chicago teachers threaten another one-day walkout. And the Bears cut Jay Cutler. 

New Sponge Can Soak Up 90 Times its Own Weight in Oil

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have invented a new sponge that can absorb oil from water and then be wrung out and reused, a potentially game-changing tool for dealing with oil spills.

ASPIRA Teachers Reach Tentative Deal, Averting First-of-its-Kind Strike

Had ASPIRA teachers gone through with their threat to go on strike March 17, it would have been the first labor stoppage for charter teachers in U.S. history.

March 9, 2017 - Full Show

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Chicago’s Top Cop Pushes for Tougher Sentences for Repeat Gun Offenders

Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson testifies in Springfield in favor of tougher sentences for repeat gun offenders. But will his proposed changes actually make the city safer?

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Making Science Fun, Understandable

Neil deGrasse Tyson joins Chicago Tonight’s Eddie Arruza for an extended conversation about science and our place in the cosmos. 

Students Give Schurz Food Science Lab a Green Thumbs Up

Visit a Northwest Side high school where a food science lab is growing the next generation of urban farmers.

Jahmal Cole is Challenging Perceptions One Block at a Time

Meet the founder of the nonprofit group My Block My Hood My City, who believes in the power of change.

Chance the Rapper Announces 10 CPS Schools Receiving $10K Donations

Days after giving $1 million to Chicago Public Schools to support arts and enrichment programming, the Chicago-born rapper named 10 individual schools that would each receive a separate gift from his nonprofit organization, SocialWorks.

Neurologist: Manganese Exposure Limits Not Adequate

Federal limits for exposure to manganese might not be adequate to protect public health, says a Washington University neurologist. 

10 Things to Do This Weekend: March 9-12

A trio of St. Patrick’s Day parades, cultural events and more usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.

Democrats Call Rauner’s Conspiracy Theory ‘Delusional Babble’

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner accuses Democrats of being behind a coordinated effort to shut down state government.

March 8, 2017 - Full Show

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