Chicago Tonight

Oct 29 2024 10 ep. 318

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A public-affairs series airing Monday through Thursday each week - plus a weekly news wrap-up on Friday - with features on Chicago life and panels discussing various topics, including Chicago politics, the arts, foreign affairs, entertainment, Chicago events, consumer concerns and sports.

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Oct. 29, 2024 - Full Show

Will the mayor break his campaign promise in tomorrow’s budget address? And a midseason look at where the Bears go from here after last week’s heartbreaker. ...

Oct. 28, 2024 - Full Show

A look at police reform efforts 10 years after Laquan McDonald’s death. And a front-row seat to history — a journalist takes us inside the courtroom for Trump’s hush-money trial. ...

Week in Review: Presidential Race Deadlocked; Opening Statements in the Madigan Trial

With just over a week to go, the race for president of the United States is deadlocked and former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris aren’t holding back. ...

Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Oct. 24, 2024 - Full Show

Chicago has a new shelter plan for migrants and unhoused residents. And are efforts to save monarch butterflies doing more harm than good? A new study suggests that’s the case. ...

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, Oct. 23, 2024 - Full Show

Chicago’s police misconduct agency identified a troubling pattern of traffic stops months before Dexter Reed’s death. And we visit a new brewpub in south suburban Homewood. ...

Oct. 22, 2024 - Full Show

Testimony gets underway in the historic corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan. And we sit down with leaders from the Chicago area’s transit agencies as they face a fiscal...

Oct. 21, 2024 - Full Show

A push to lower Chicago’s default speed limit. Counting the cost of sports gambling. And a restaurant fights to lift a century-plus ban on selling booze. ...

Week in Review: Trump Touts Economic Plan in Chicago; Reinsdorf and the Future of the White Sox

It’s just 17 days until the election, though former President Donald is still falsely claiming he won the last presidential race four years ago. ...

Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, Oct. 17, 2024 - Full Show

Parents weigh in as seven charter schools are set to close at the end of the school year. And what's behind an uptick in HIV cases among young, gay Latino men. ...

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, Oct. 16, 2024 - Full Show

The battle over Chicago Public Schools — CEO Pedro Martinez joins us to respond to critics. And a City Council meeting sees alderpeople fired up over CPS and ShotSpotter. ...