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) Oct 23, 2024 Chicago-Area Transit Leaders Urge for More Funding, See Consolidation as the Wrong Move An impending fiscal cliff has led to calls from some lawmakers and transit advocates for reform — perhaps as drastic as merging CTA, Metra, Pace, and RTA into a new regional agency. That’s an idea the current transit agencies say is the wrong move. Oct 22, 2024 Oct. 22, 2024 - Full Show Testimony gets underway in the historic corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan. And we sit down with leaders from the Chicago area’s transit agencies as they face a fiscal cliff. 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 Oct 21, 2024 Legalized Sports Betting Boom Comes at Cost to Gamblers and Their Households, Studies Show Sports betting is raking in record revenues across the United States as the industry skyrockets in popularity. This includes in Illinois, which represents the third-largest sports gambling market in the country. Oct 21, 2024 Oct. 21, 2024 - Full Show A push to lower Chicago’s default speed limit. Counting the cost of sports gambling. And a restaurant fights to lift a century-plus ban on selling booze. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Oct 21, 2024 Ravenswood Restaurant Owner Fights to Lift a Century-Old Ban on Selling Alcohol Selling alcohol has been banned in a section of the ninth precinct of the 47th Ward — between Montrose, Damen, Lincoln and Sunnyside avenues — since 1907. Oct 21, 2024 Committee Backs Lowering Chicago’s Default Speed Limit to 25 MPH, Letting Residents Report Blocked Bus and Bike Lanes Chicago’s default speed limit could drop to 25 miles per hour from its current baseline of 30 after a panel of alderpeople on Monday backed the measure aimed at getting drivers to slow down. Oct 18, 2024 Week in Review: Trump Touts Economic Plan in Chicago; Reinsdorf and the Future of the White Sox What a possible White Sox sale could mean for Chicago. And CPS board members skip out on the City Council. Thanks to our sponsors: View all sponsors Oct 18, 2024 In Tribute to Late Rapper Juice WRLD, South Suburban Homewood Brewing Company Celebrates Opening Homewood residents and supporters gathered at Homewood Brewing Company, 18225 Dixie Highway, to attend a ribbon-cutting celebration for the brewpub, which is holding a soft opening Friday and Saturday before operating at extended hours next week. Oct 16, 2024 Effort by City Council to Put CPS Board Members, CEO on the Hot Seat Fizzles No current or former members of the Chicago Board of Education attended Wednesday's marathon session of the City Council’s Education Committee, even after some City Council members threatened to hit them with subpoenas to require them to appear. Oct 16, 2024 Are People Loving Monarch Butterflies to Death? New Study Suggests ‘Helpful’ Human Interventions Contributing to Decline The planting of a non-native milkweed and the practice of captive-rearing monarch caterpillars have been identified as two possible sources of monarchs failure to survive their fall migration. Oct 15, 2024 Chicago International Film Festival Marks 60th Year The Chicago International Film Festival kicks off Wednesday and will commemorate its 60th anniversary. But at the time of its founding, director and founder Michael Kutza, couldn’t have imagined what it would become. Oct 15, 2024 Oct. 15, 2024 - Full Show Our Spotlight Politics team on Donald Trump's Chicago visit. And a push to merge public transit agencies. Oct 15, 2024 In Chicago Appearance, Donald Trump Says It Would Be a ‘Smart Thing’ If He Spoke to Putin But Won’t Confirm He Has Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was pressed on his communication with the Russian president during a wide-ranging — and sometimes contentious — interview with Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago. Oct 15, 2024 Lawmakers Grapple With Public Transit Funding, Governance and Statewide Needs as Series of Hearings Wrap The Illinois Senate’s Transportation Committee has been meeting since July to grapple with the thorny issue of funding for the Chicago area’s transit system and whether to replace the CTA, Metra, Pace and Regional Transportation Authority with a single agency that will oversee bus, train and paratransit services. The proposal also calls for $1.5 billion in new funding. Oct 15, 2024 New Book Dives Into the Chicago History of the Harlem Globetrotters and Their Lasting Impact The Harlem Globetrotters may have a New York name, but they’re a Chicago team. The players and founder Abe Saperstein disrupted the game of basketball and gave it a whole new look when they were founded in the 1920s. A new book reveals the history and legacy of the storied team. Load More Thanks to our sponsors:
