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) Dec 12, 2022 Artist Creates Work to Uplift People, Heal Own Memories of Combat in Vietnam In 1968, a U.S. Marine was wounded and evacuated from Vietnam and returned to Chicago. He found his calling making artwork with an approach that could be called obsessive. Dec 12, 2022 New U. of C. Report Finds Federal Judges Jailing Defendants Awaiting Trial at Increasingly High Rates A new report from the University of Chicago Law School’s Federal Criminal Justice Clinic shows that locking up pretrial defendants has become the norm in federal court, rather than the exception, as required by law. 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 Dec 12, 2022 Survivors of East Garfield Park, Highland Park Mass Shootings Speak Out in Support of Ban on Assault Weapons The proposed legislation would ban the future sale of a list of guns defined as assault weapons. While the bill is many stages away from becoming law, leading Democrats are committed to its passage. Dec 12, 2022 Push to Use Downtown Property Taxes to Fund Far South Side Red Line Extension Advances The city must match an expected federal grant of $2.16 billion before the first track can be laid — and the City Council is set to give the project signal clearance Wednesday. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Dec 9, 2022 Week in Review: Mayoral Challenges Underway; Pritzker Signs SAFE-T Act Revisions Let the games begin as mayoral candidates try to knock each other off the ballot. The governor quietly signs the revised SAFE-T Act. A landmark movie theater on the chopping block. And renewed calls to take down the Trump sign. Dec 9, 2022 ‘Chicago Tonight’ In Your Neighborhood: Holiday Happenings in North Lawndale Poverty and violence are part of the West Side community area’s story. But community members say there’s much more to it, and residents are making new traditions. Dec 8, 2022 Inner-City Muslim Action Network Opens New Art Gallery, Ceramics Studio The Inner-City Muslim Action Network, or IMAN, is celebrating 25 years of commitment to community with a new art gallery and ceramics studio. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Dec 8, 2022 Calls to Remove Trump Tower Sign Pick Back Up As Investigations Continue Few things have stirred as much architectural controversy in recent years as the “TRUMP” sign on the Trump International Hotel and Tower in downtown Chicago. Dec 8, 2022 Dec. 8, 2022 - Full Show Christmas in North Lawndale for our In Your Neighborhood series. A sit-down with U.S. Attorney John Lausch. Calls to remove the “Trump” from Trump Tower. And a longtime Chicago journalist turns the page. Dec 8, 2022 U.S. Attorney John Lausch on Recent Convictions, Gang Cases and Political Corruption: ‘Always Open For Business’ U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch on the high-profile cases his office is currently working through. Dec 8, 2022 After Sun-Times Retirement, Longtime Journalist Maudlyne Ihejirika Reflects on Her Career in Chicago A longtime Chicago journalist just stepped away from her job after 30 years of covering crime, politics, education and urban affairs. Dec 8, 2022 Scrap Plans for New Chicago Gang Database, Interim Police Oversight Board Urges The dispute over the future of the gang database represents the first clash between the Police Department’s leaders and the commission made up of Chicagoans given the authority to set policy for the department in an attempt to restore trust in its operations. Dec 8, 2022 Popular Photo App Lensa Spurs Debate Over Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Art Users can submit photos of themselves that the app will use to generate multiple self-portraits in different art styles using artificial intelligence technology. But the trend has also reignited concerns about the ethics regarding the use of artificial intelligence in art. Dec 8, 2022 While a Black-Owned Cannabis Dispensary Opens in Chicago, Critics Say State’s Equity Work Still Falling Short The lag time for shops to open raises the question of whether Illinois has followed through on its pledge to use legal marijuana to lift communities and people who were previously punished by anti-cannabis laws. Dec 7, 2022 Dec. 7, 2022 - Full Show The governor quietly signs the new SAFE-T Act. Where things stand on new pot licenses. The brave new world of AI art. And a South Side comedian readies for his headlining debut at the Chicago Theatre. Load More Thanks to our sponsors:
