Shows Chicago Tonight Week in Review SORT Order Oldest FirstNewest First FILTER Date Range Start date End date Category - Any -Arts & EntertainmentBusinessCrime & LawEducationHealthPoliticsScience & NatureSports Keyword(s) Sep 18, 2019 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial Returns With a Critical Eye Exhibits and installations from around the world hope to reframe – and sometimes challenge – the very idea of architecture at this year’s event. We get a preview. Sep 18, 2019 FCC Proposes New 3-Digit Suicide Prevention Lifeline The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-TALK. But the FCC wants to make that number a whole lot easier to remember – and dial. Thanks to our sponsors: Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors View all sponsors Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Sep 18, 2019 Crain’s Headlines: Fulton Market Office Building Sells for $50M A relatively nondescript seven-story office building in the Fulton Market District has become the most expensive office building sale in the city’s history. Sep 18, 2019 ‘Greenway’ Plan for Lincoln Park Side Street Sparks Neighborhood Tension A proposal to add a so-called greenway for cyclists and introduce pedestrian-focused safety measures on a Lincoln Park side street has sparked an outpouring of attention from neighbors. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Sep 18, 2019 City Council Looks to Restrict Vaping, Expand Marijuana Chicago’s mayor and aldermen are vowing to take strict action on vaping while welcoming the sale of cannabis. Those two vices dominated the discussion during Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Sep 18, 2019 September 18, 2019 - Full Show Watch the Sept. 18, 2019 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.” Sep 17, 2019 A Shipping Container Gets New Life as Lawndale Pop-Up Spot How some West Side residents are hoping to change the narrative of their community with a new safe space in the form of a museum. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Sep 17, 2019 Chicago Band Big Sadie Weighs in on Ken Burns’ Documentary ‘Country Music’ As Ken Burns’ latest series “Country Music” airs on PBS, a look at Chicago’s role in the history of country music with local band Big Sadie. Sep 17, 2019 New Technique for Repairing Old Water Lines Could Save Neighborhood Trees Water line repairs can be a costly mess. But what if there was a way to fix old water mains without tearing up streets, and old trees? There actually is, and Chicago is dipping into the waters of this technology with a pilot program. Sep 17, 2019 Crain’s Headlines: Lightfoot Administration Rolls Out Pot Plan The Lightfoot administration makes its first moves to regulate the recreational marijuana industry, releasing guidelines on where the new businesses can locate. And here’s the catch: they’re all outside the city’s central business district. Sep 17, 2019 Should Chicago Increase Its Minimum Wage to $15 by 2021? At a City Council hearing on Tuesday, committee members discussed a proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021. Activists say it’s long overdue. But could it hurt small businesses? We debate the issue. Sep 17, 2019 Kim Foxx Hopes to ‘Right Wrongs of the Past’ With Pot Expungements A new partnership between the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and a nonprofit could help clear tens of thousands of low-level marijuana convictions from Cook County records. State’s Attorney Kim Foxx explains. Sep 17, 2019 Lifelong Dollhouse Maker Dreams of Creating a Museum Pat Lohenry has loved miniatures for as long as she can remember. And as a teenager, she went from playing with them to making them. Today, her basement is full of her creations. Sep 17, 2019 September 17, 2019 - Full Show Watch the Sept. 17, 2019 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.” Sep 16, 2019 General Iron Deal Spurs Debate About Land Use, Air Quality A longtime scrap metal recycler reaches a deal with the city to close up shop at its location next to the Lincoln Yards site and move operations to the Southeast Side. But not everyone is happy about it. Load More Thanks to our sponsors:
