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) May 23, 2022 Crain’s Headlines: Chicago Retail Sales Boom Back Chicago-area retail stores hit record-high sales, but that's not without impacting online buying as Amazon looks to sublet warehouse space. Meanwhile, legal limbo over nearly 200 pot shop licenses could soon come to an end. May 23, 2022 After Population Loss Reported, Revised Census Numbers Show Illinois Actually Gained 250K Residents The story had been that people were leaving Illinois, and that the population dropped by about 18,000. But the U.S. Census Bureau came out last week with fresh numbers in its post-enumeration survey that show the reverse: The state gained some 250,000 people between 2010 and 2020. 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 May 23, 2022 Wall Street Ends Higher Following 7 Straight Weeks of Losses The S&P 500 rose 1.9%, with technology and financial sector stocks doing much of the heavy lifting for the benchmark index. The Dow Industrial Average rose 2% and the Nasdaq climbed 1.6%. May 23, 2022 Chicago Casino Plan Poised for Approval Later This Week After Initial City Council Vote The Chicago City Council is expected to give its final stamp of approval to the Bally’s plan on Wednesday, sending the proposal to the Illinois Gaming Board, which must license Bally’s to operate the Chicago casino set to be built near Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors May 23, 2022 Biden: Monkeypox Threat Doesn’t Rise to Level of COVID-19 Monkeypox is rarely identified outside of Africa. But as of Friday, there were 80 confirmed cases worldwide, including at least two in the United States, and another 50 suspected ones. May 22, 2022 How Nick Cave Uses Discarded Objects to Reclaim Identity It’s a full-circle moment for Nick Cave as he looks back at his career in a new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago titled “Forothermore.” May 20, 2022 ‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: Humboldt Park Works to Maintain Local Culture La Casita de Don Pedro is one of many parts of Humboldt Park that reminds people of the neighborhood’s deep Puerto Rican roots. Maintaining that culture is something advocates have been focused on. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors May 19, 2022 May 19, 2022 - Full Show We’re live from Humboldt Park. Plus, the Chicago Park District’s new CEO on cleaning up a culture of sexual abuse; behind a new push to protect 30% of Illinois land for preservation and a library gets an artist-in-residence. May 19, 2022 Library in West Garfield Park Home to Artist-In-Residence Who Will Create and Connect For the next two years, The Legler Regional Library in West Garfield Park will be home to artist-in-residence Alexandra Antoine. She’ll work on her own art while also connecting with people in the community. May 19, 2022 4% of Illinois Land Is Protected. The Goal Is To Conserve 30% by 2030. How? Illinois has made a commitment to conserve 30% of the state’s land and water resources by the year 2030. What will it take to reach that target? May 19, 2022 Former Cook County Jail Warden Advocates for More Holistic Criminal Justice System Do inmates in Illinois prisons and jails have a right to safety? That’s the central question raised in a new publication written by former Cook County Department of Corrections Warden Nneka Jones Tapia. May 19, 2022 Ban on Unaccompanied Minors in Millennium Park After 6 p.m. Takes Effect; Lightfoot Prepares to Defend Proposed Curfew Extension The ACLU of Illinois immediately blasted the new Millennium Park policy as “too vague, allows too much discretion and does not recognize the right to protest for those under 18.” May 19, 2022 Efforts to Make Transit-Oriented Development Equitable Starting to Pay Off, Chicago Officials Say Efforts to rethink the policy and spur development on the South and West sides while preventing long-time residents from being displaced from the Northwest Side are starting to pay off, symbolized by the grand opening set for Friday of an apartment complex near the CTA Blue Line Logan Square station, Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara told WTTW News. May 18, 2022 May 18, 2022 - Full Show The mayor’s new curfew proposal for teens. A fight for power in the Chicago Teachers Union. A new study on the unaffordability of child care. And how a name change could affect your vaccine card. May 18, 2022 Lightfoot Asks City Council to Move Up Weekend Curfew for Teens to 10 p.m., Acknowledging She Can’t Act Alone Mayor Lori Lightfoot will ask the Chicago City Council to change city law to expand the curfew for teens to start at 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, acknowledging that an executive order she issued Tuesday was fatally flawed. Load More Thanks to our sponsors:
