In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, guest co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Dee Atkins lead a roundtable with Sufyan Sohel, Swathi Staley, and Jeffery Beckham on parental pushback against the CTU's Day of Action, efforts to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois, and the mayoral fundraising race, with segments featuring Matt Bruce on Job Ready Illinois, Reverend Nicolette Faison on Faith in Place's Tree Canopy and Workforce Community Grants, and Jorge Valdivia previewing the Chicago Latine Playwright Festival.

In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, guest co-hosts Glenn Eden and Maria Doughty lead a roundtable on the Johnson administration's standoff with the CHA, the delayed Zoning Committee Chair selection, the ComEd Four prison release, and the CTU walkout, with segments featuring Griffin Museum CEO Dr. Chevy Humphrey on the new Anne Frank exhibition, Xchange Chicago's Jarquetta Egeston on a new tech training hub, Serve Illinois Director Andres Fernandez on volunteerism, and Max Bever's Election Myth-Busting.

In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, roundtable regulars Sufyan Sohel, Swathi Staley, Claude Robinson, and Jeffery Beckham examine the Johnson administration's mounting pressures, including a public conflict with CHA Board Chair Matt Brewer. Southland Development Authority CEO Bo Kemp outlines a community investment strategy targeting industrial, commercial, and residential growth across Southland municipalities, Dr. Clinton Boyd, Jr. of Fathers, Families & Healthy Communities returns to discuss the Fathers United program, and Chief Education Correspondent Adrian Segura presents a new Education First Report alongside guest co-hosts Darrious Hilmon and Glenn Eden.

In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, guest co-hosts Glenn Eden and Suzet McKinney lead a roundtable with Sufyan Sohel, Claude Robinson, and Jeffery Beckham to examine the three finalists competing to lead Chicago Public Schools and assess the winners and losers from last week's primary elections. Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot joins the program to discuss the launch of the ICE Accountability Project and her assessment of ongoing federal challenges to democratic institutions.

In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Maria Doughty are joined by Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch to examine key priorities heading into the upcoming legislative session, while Executive Strategist Victor LaGroon applies a local lens to national security issues and Chicago Board of Election Commissioners' Max Bever addresses widespread election misinformation. Micah Krohn and Darcie Price-Wallace also appear to discuss the role of meditation in community healing.