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Chicago Newsroom
March 28, 2019
Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter, tells us about her most recent story in which she dissects CPS’ claim that graduation rates are quickly improving in the city’s public schools. A major part of the success, Karp reports, is the use by CPS of commercial “alternative schools” that take at-risk students from traditional high schools. The… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
March 21, 2019
Audrey Henderson, writing for Next City, has surveyed the current status of the Obama Presidential Center development. As Chicago prepares to install a new Mayor, there’s renewed emphasis on the demand for a Community Benefits Agreement, something the Obama Center developers have so far refused to accept. We also discuss plans to eliminate seven blocks… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
March 14, 2019
Maya Dukmasova (Chicago Reader) and Paul Vallas join Ken Davis this week for separate conversations about the April 2 Mayoral election. Dukmasova says that twin votes taken yesterday in the City Council tell a lot about the way some alderman facing runoffs are reading their electorates. In several notable matchups, aldermen who would never normally… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
March 7, 2019
Willie Wilson and Ja’Mal Green, both former contenders for the Mayor’s office, appear in separate conversations this week about the upcoming election that will settle once and for all who’s about to be our new Mayor, Treasurer and, in about a dozen Wards, the next Alderman. Wilson tells us that he’s about to endorse in… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
February 28, 2019
Bruce DuMont (Host, Beyond the Beltway), Jacky Grimshaw (former advisor to Harold Washington), Bill Ruthhart (Chicago Tribune) and the Daily Line’s AD Quig join Ken Davis for a wide-ranging conversation about Tuesday’s municipal election. They consider whether the twelve losing candidates will endorse either Lori Lightfoot or Toni Preckwinkle and what the political composition of… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
February 21, 2019
WGN-TV’s Tahman Bradley and the Daily Line’s Heather Cherone join Ken Davis for a final analysis of next week’s municipal election. They agree that Chicago should brace itself for a long night next Tuesday because the two candidates emerging in the Mayoral runoff might not be known for a week or two if neither commands… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
February 20, 2019
Melissa Sanchez (ProPublica Illinois) and Elliott Ramos (WBEZ) join Ken Davis for a discussion about their multi-part, multi-platform series of investigations about spiraling fines and impoundments in Chicago. These City policies, they report, are driving thousands of Chicagoans into bankruptcy and creating intractable indebtedness. They reveal that 67,000 cars were booted in Chicago in 2017… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
February 7, 2019
Bob Fioretti, candidate for Chicago Mayor, joins Chicago Newsroom’s Ken Davis this week for a conversation about his campaign and his vision for Chicago. They discuss recent allegations about the corruption of Alderman Solis and former city official Victor Reyes. Fioretti also asserts that he has never received any campign funds or contributions from former… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
January 24, 2019
Ken Davis is joined by mayoral candidate La Shawn Ford. He shares his observations about the current economic and social issues facing Chicago, the police code of silence, the need for a massive infusion of funding for affordable housing and the ways in which he, as mayor, could influence business and banking executives to re-think… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
January 17, 2019
Ken Davis is joined by Chicago Reader columnist Ben Joravsky, who was fired last month from his highly-acclaimed radio show on WCPT for what he believes are political reasons. They discuss the upcoming Mayor‚Äôs race, candidate by candidate, and speculate on the relative strengths of the candidates believed to be current front-runners. This program was… View Article
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