The Week in Review

Week in Review: RTA Eyes Stopgap Funding to Avoid Service Cuts; Pleas for Flood Relief in Chicago

South and West siders cry out for help after multiple rounds of damaging storms and flooding.

Officials say climate change is exacerbating already-shoddy infrastructure on the city’s South and West sides.

With a new push for independent redistricting underway, Gov. JB Pritzker says Democrats would be unilaterally disarming themselves if Illinois goes it alone.

Officials celebrate groundbreaking for a new $730 million concourse at O’Hare Airport.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin demands answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi about the “politicized” axing of 17 immigration judges.

The RTA eyes stopgap funding to keep buses and trains in service early next year.

And a Chicago-based group of pediatricians bucks new federal health recommendations, urging COVID-19 shots for kids.

Guests:

John Pletz, Crain’s Chicago Business | @johnpletz

Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune | @taliasoglin.bsky.social

Sophie Sherry, Chicago Sun-Times | @SophiePSherry

Michael Puente, WBEZ | @MikePuenteNews

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