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May 10, 2018
Cameron Davis spent the entire Obama Administration as the president‚Äôs Great Lakes guy. He coordinated the implementation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 2012. He convened the Asian Carp Coordinating Committee, offshore wind energy policy and what was identified as water quality and quantity policy for the EPA. He‚Äôs our guest this week,… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
May 3, 2018
Dockless bike sharing is being introduced to Chicago. It‚Äôs a system in which customers can locate a bike through a smart-phone app, unlock it and ride it, then lock it in an approved location anywhere in the service area, all without the traditional Divvy docks Chicagoans are familiar with. Ken Davis discusses the new program… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
April 26, 2018
Ken Davis is joined by Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Michael Hawthorne, who has written extensively on the issue of lead in Chicago‚Äôs water. The lead is not in the water as it leaves the filtration plants or gets distributed beneath the streets, but it‚Äôs introduced when the water passes through lead pipes that connect individual… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
April 19, 2018
Ken Davis is joined by the Chicago Reader‚Äôs housing and criminal justice columnist Maya Dukmasova. They discuss a lawsuit being brought against the city by a developer who claims that the ago-old tradition of aldermanic prerogative is not lawful and should be declared illegal. The dispute stems from a plan to build a 300-unit apartment… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
April 12, 2018
Ken Davis is joined by Chicago Sun-Times Editor-in-Chief Chris Fusco. They discuss the radical redesign of the printed paper, the company‚Äôs digital presence and its public imaging, all of which went live on March 28. Fusco also talks about the challenge every news organization faces as newspapers, magazines, television stations and radio stations begin to… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
April 5, 2018
Ken Davis is joined by Lori Lightfoot, Chair of the Chicago Police Board. They discuss a recent memorandum of agreement between the city, the Illinois Attorney General‚Äôs Office, a coalition of community and legal activists and the Chicago Police Department to jointly seek a consent decree that will outline an action plan for reform of… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
March 29, 2018
Ken Davis is joined by Tribune investigative reporter Michael Hawthorne for a discussion about environmental issues in Chicago. They discuss recent efforts to regulate the storage of manganese in Chicago, and the recognition that, despite its ability to hold almost five billion gallons of storm-water, the Deep Tunnel and McCook Reservoir can be filled to… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
March 22, 2018
Ken Davis is joined by three expert political journalists ‚Äì WGN- TV‚Äôs Tahman Bradley, Chicago Magazine‚Äôs Carol Felsenthal and WBEZ‚Äôs Dave McKinney ‚Äì to dissect the results of Tuesday‚Äôs Illinois primary. The panel discusses the near-loss for Bruce Rauner, the overwhelming win for JB Pritzker, Chuy Garcia‚Äôs rapidly-growing political influence in Chicago politics and the… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
March 15, 2018
Ken Davis is joined by educator, political leader and author Dick Simpson for a conversation about his new book The Good Fight, which traces Simpson‚Äôs sixty years of activism for progressive causes. They discuss his City Council battles as an alderman in the 70s, his time as an ordained minister and his participation in fights… View Article
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Chicago Newsroom
March 8, 2018
Ken Davis is joined by Regional Transportation Authority Chair Kirk Dillard for a discussion about the serious fiscal shortfalls the RTA is experiencing in federal and state funding. There‚Äôs at least $20 billion in unmet capital needs just to repair or replace equipment and facilities that have exceeded their useful life, and about ten billion… View Article
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