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On March 19th, Cook County will be voting in a new State's Attorney as incumbent Kim Foxx will not be running again. On this week's episode of At Issue, WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore speaks with one of the two democrats who are running for the position: Clayton Harris III.
On this week's At Issue, WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore chats with the former mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, about her time at Harvard after being mayor, plans to help Chicago neighborhoods and much more!
On this week's At Issue, WBBM Poliitical Editor Craig Dellimore talks with the Executive Vice President of the Obama Foundation, Michael Strautmanis, to talk about the programs within the foundation, its goal to develop future leaders, the Obama Center & more.
On this week's At Issue, WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore meets with Sarah Moskowitz & Alderman Gilbert Villegas to discuss the pros & cons of the Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance and how it will affect residents of Chicago.
Sarah Moskowitz is the Executive Director of the Citizens Utilities Board
& Gilbert Villegas is the alderman of the 36th Ward in Chicago.
On this week's At Issue, WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore sits down in studio with U.S Ambassador to Japan & former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel to discuss his current position, the Chicago Star program and more.
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore sits down with Kate Maehr, the Executive Director & CEO of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, to discuss what they do for the city, who they help and more!
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore talks with the Chicago Transit Authority's first ever Chief Equity & Engagement Officer Denise Baretto about the need for a position like this, what the job entails & more.
Some Chicago City Council members are asking what will happen if the City does NOT get enough funds from Federal and State officials to help ease the migrant crisis here. The Civic Federation has some thoughts on the matter, but no answers.
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore talks with Civic Federation President Sarah Wetmore about if officials here are disappointed by Washington and Springfield, ways to evaluate various alternative taxes & more.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's latest budget does NOT include new taxes, but DOES continue some groundbreaking programs to help people in need.
Preckwinkle talks to WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore about those programs and more.
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore sits down with Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton to discuss the Justice, Equity, and Opportunity Initiative, community healing, transformative justice & more.
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore shares a conversation he had with Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias in partnership with the Lincoln Forum & the Union League Club.
After being sworn in earlier this year, Giannoulias discusses the services & initiatives of the Secretary of State's office and much more.
Also in the news: Chicago police have now ordered a River North nightclub to close one day after a fight outside its front door ended with a shooting that sent eight people to the hospital; Brandon Johnson prepares for his first budget address as Chicago's mayor; and a Chicago man was among nine people who were shot in a mass shooting near Pittsburgh.
Organizers of the Chicago Marathon expected their 1,000,000th finisher to cross the finish line on Sunday. Also in the News: Hundreds gathered across the street from Chicago's Israeli Consulate Sunday afternoon to protest the Israeli government's formally declared war; Eight people were injured, four critically, in a shooting in River North early Sunday morning; and the CTA said they've finished the major track work as part of Phase One of the Forest Park Branch Rebuild.
October 11th is International Day of the Girl. Girls Like Me, an organization based in Chicago, will be hosting their annual observance at the South Shore Cultural Center.
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore is joined by Heidi Pearson & Toussaint Werner to discuss the Day of the Girl, what it means, the Girls Like Me organization & more.
Heidi Pearson is the Director of Strategic Communications & Partnerships for Girls Like Me.
Toussaint Werner is an illustrator & graphic designer with daughters in Girls Like Me programs.
In other top news stories today: Motorist killed in head-on crash; final preparations underway for the Chicago Marathon; girl's ice hockey is big in the Chicago region.
Chicago Public Schools saw enrollment numbers stabilize for the first time in a decade, but a big problem that CPS is facing is getting the students to attend classes. With enrollment numbers staying the same, a big reason why may be because of the influx of non-English speaking students joining classrooms.
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore is joined by Dr. Judith Allen & Shipra Panicker from Communities in Schools of Chicago to discuss attendance issues, the asylum-seeking children being enrolled in CPS classes, the challenges CPS continue to face & much more.
Dr. Judith Allen is the Chief Operating Officer of Communities in Schools of Chicago.
Shipra Panicker is the Senior Director of Intensive Student Supports of Communities in Schools of Chicago.
Two persons of interest in the murders of four family members in their Romeoville home over the weekend were located Wednesday in Oklahoma.
Also in the news: The Cook County Medical Examiner says a man found inside a Glenview home was stabbed to death; residents of Calumet City, Dolton and Burnham are continuing to mop up from severe rainfall on Sunday; and McHenry County’s top prosecutor says the first day the State of Illinois went to a no-cash-bail system resulted in “absurd and incoherent” results.
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore sits down with Nina Sanchez of Enrich Chicago & Dr. Anh Thang Dao-Shah of Creative Equity Research Partners to discuss racial equity's relationship with the arts and it's perception sociality & politically.
Nina Sanchez is the Co-Director of Enrich Chicago
Dr. Anh Thang Dao-Shah is the Founder & Principal Researcher of Creative Equity Research Partners
The political landscape on abortion has shifted over the past few years. With Roe v. Wade being overturned in 2022, the topic of abortion has been in the spotlight for over a year. This week's program concludes a two-part discussion about the two sides to the debate.
In part two of the discussion, WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore is joined by Brigid Leahy, the Vice President of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, to discuss the challenges Planned Parenthood has faced since Roe v. Wade was overturned, their role within Illinois & more.
The political landscape on abortion has shifted over the past few years. With Roe v. Wade being overturned in 2022, the topic of abortion has been in the spotlight for over a year. This week's At Issue begins a two-part discussion about the two sides to the debate.
WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore is joined by Eric Scheidler, the Executive Director of the Pro-Life Action League, to discuss reproductive rights, the organization's goal of saving unborn babies & more.
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