CAN TV Program Archive

    Chicago Newsroom

    May 17, 2018
    Ken Davis is joined by Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas. They discuss Vallas‚Äô proposals for increasing the police force to about 14,000 officers, of whom 1,200 would be detectives. Vallas says his policy would begin to address the city‚Äôs serious issue with low clearance rates for shootings and murders. Vallas also expresses support for Mayor Emanuel‚Äôs… View Article

    Chicago Newsroom

    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

    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

    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

    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

    ADAPT of Chicago

    April 18, 2018
    Willis Cowing remembers ADAPT activist and leader, Gloria Nichols. This program was produced by Adapt of Chicago Productions, a CAN TV Community Partner.

    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