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    January 25, 2018
    Ken Davis is joined by the Illinois Solar Energy Association‚Äôs Lisa Albrecht, who discusses the impact of President Trump‚Äôs 30% tariff on solar panels manufactured in China and certain other countries. Solar is now a $9 billion industry employing over 300,000 Americans, but only a few thousand are in the manufacturing sector. Critics have charged… View Article
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    January 19, 2018
    Ken Davis is joined by Stacy Davis Gates, the Chicago Teachers Union‚Äôs political director. They discuss the Union‚Äôs assertion that moves by the Chicago Public Schools to close four Englewood high schools is a violation of their contract. Davis also talks about the need for an elected representative school board and an end to mayoral… View Article
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    January 18, 2018
    Craig Newman is joined by ProPublica Illinois’ Editor in Chief Louise Kiernan and reporter Jason Grotto. They discuss being the first regional publishing operation of ProPublica and their reporting around Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).
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    January 18, 2018
    Craig Newman is joined by Lauren FitzPatrick of the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reporter’s Kalyn Belsha to discuss the state of education in Chicago and the future of CPS under new CEO Janice Jackson. Kalyn also discusses her reporting on the drastically changing dynamic at CPS as thousands of African American students leave the system…. View Article
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    January 11, 2018
    Ken Davis is joined by The South Side Weekly‚Äôs Michael Wasney, to discuss his recent article about the rapid adoption of high-tech policing in Chicago. Specifically, Wasney talks about ShotSpotter, a network of hundreds of pole-mounted microphones that listen for the sound of gunshots, then refer the co-ordinates through special cell-phones to police cars. The… View Article
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    January 4, 2018
    Ken Davis is joined by the Tribune‚Äôs City Hall reporter Hal Dardick and the BGA‚Äôs Madeleine Doubek, who‚Äôs their Director of Civic Engagement. It‚Äôs a conversation about the current status of politics and policy as 2018 comes on-line. The panel discusses Chris Kennedy‚Äôs claim that Rahm Emanuel has a strategic gentrification plan to empty Chicago… View Article
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    December 21, 2017
    Ken Davis is joined by Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, who led the fight against the County‚Äôs pop tax. Boykin says that President Toni Preckwinkle doesn‚Äôt like me and has arranged for a challenger to take him on in the 2018 election. He says that the fact that the Board was able to replace the… View Article
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    Chicago Newsroom

    December 14, 2017
    Ken Davis is joined by media strategist Sylvia Ewing and political consultant Kitty Kurth to discuss the aftermath of the Alabama Senatorial election, the ascension of the #MeToo movement, the Al Franken resignation and local political issues. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).
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