Shows Chicago Tonight Week in Review SORT Order Oldest First Newest First FILTER Date Range Start date End date Category - Any - Arts & Entertainment Business Crime & Law Education Health Politics Science & Nature Sports Keyword(s) Jun 28, 2021 Illinois’ New Criminal Justice Law Begins to Take Effect Major changes to Illinois’ criminal justice system that passed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder will begin to take effect Thursday, including a requirement that officers track and report to the state incidents in which they use a gun on someone. Here’s what else is changing. Jun 28, 2021 Traveling Exhibit Honors Chicago’s Koko Taylor and Other Women of the Blues They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and that’s exactly what Lynn Orman Weiss’ traveling exhibition does, sharing through photos how women have contributed to one of the most influential music genres. 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 Jun 28, 2021 As Lightfoot Blames Court Shutdown for Violence, Aldermen Push Back Hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed the shutdown of the Cook County court system by the COVID-19 pandemic for escalating violence across Chicago’s South and West sides, several aldermen told “Chicago Tonight” that rising inequality and distrust of the police is to blame. Jun 28, 2021 WHO: Delta Variant is ‘Most Transmissible’ Identified So Far The head of the World Health Organization said the COVID-19 delta variant, first seen in India, is “the most transmissible of the variants identified so far,” and warned it is now spreading in at least 85 countries. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Jun 28, 2021 Legislation to Address Period Poverty Heads to Governor’s Desk Community organizations and state lawmakers are working to make menstrual products more accessible to Illinoisans who need them. We take a look at the issue in our Firsthand: Living in Poverty series. Jun 28, 2021 Crain’s Headlines: Ventas Reaches $2.3B Deal for Additional Senior Housing Investment groups wager on future demand for senior housing. Crain’s Chicago Business reporter Danny Ecker has details on that story and more. Jun 28, 2021 June 28, 2021 - Full Show Details about Illinois’ new criminal justice law. Catching up with alderpeople after two City Council meetings. What you need to know about the delta variant. How poverty affects women differently. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Jun 24, 2021 June 24, 2021 - Full Show Illinois’ attorney general on his frustrations with the Chicago Police Department. Live from Woodridge as residents clean up from a tornado. Following up on Wednesday’s chaotic City Council meeting. Jun 24, 2021 ‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: Woodridge After a major tornado ripped through west suburban DuPage County, community members are picking up the pieces. For some, it will be a long road: more than 160 homes saw significant damage and about 30 were destroyed. Jun 24, 2021 Russian Researchers Revive Tiny Creatures Frozen for 24,000 Years Researchers in Russia revive creatures frozen in Arctic permafrost for more than 20,000 years. A new vaccine for malaria. The powerful connection between music and memory. And how “laughing gas” is being used to treat severe depression. Jun 24, 2021 Latest Parish Unifications Prompt Concerns Over Fate of Historic Catholic Churches Next month, a wave of Chicago-area Catholic church consolidations will take place, merging parishes as part of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s “Renew My Church” initiative. Among them will be five churches in and around Bronzeville. Jun 24, 2021 Attorney General Renews Call for Ban on No-Knock Search Warrants, Faster Police Reform Attorney General Kwame Raoul renewed his call Thursday for Chicago officials to ban no-knock warrants and put tighter restrictions on officers to prevent mistaken raids like the one that left Anjanette Young handcuffed and pleading for help in February 2019. Jun 24, 2021 Group Open to Compromise on Lake Shore Drive Renaming — If Vote Happens Friday, Leaders Say Leaders of the group that launched the push to rename Lake Shore Drive say they will agree to a compromise plan to call the iconic roadway “DuSable Lake Shore Drive,” but Mayor Lightfoot has yet to endorse the proposal. Jun 23, 2021 June 23, 2021 - Full Show Our Spotlight Politics team on another heated City Council meeting and more. The future of CPS leadership. A spike in opioid deaths. And a vast life expectancy gap for Black Chicagoans. Jun 23, 2021 How Cook County is Addressing the Opioid Epidemic After Spike in Overdoses Opioid-related overdoses in Cook County increased by more than 40% last year. While this spike began in December 2019 — before COVID-19 was widespread — the pandemic accelerated the trend. We discuss the state of the opioid epidemic in the Chicago area. Load More Thanks to our sponsors:
