WTTW
Week in Review: Mayoral Runoff Contenders Come Out Swinging
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- Week in Review: Mayoral Runoff Contenders Come Out Swinging
- Runtime
- 29:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas steam ahead toward the April mayoral runoff, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot suffers historic defeat. CPD mourns the loss of one of its own. And Blackhawks fans get used to life without Patrick Kane.
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- March 2, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The latest on the Chicago police officer shot and killed in the line of duty. Three of the city’s newest elected officials: police district council members. And Will County residents fighting a major distribution hub.
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- March 1, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 26:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The day after election night: We’re one-on-one with Brandon Johnson and meeting four of the freshman City Council winners. David Brown resigns as police superintendent. And where the race between Johnson and Paul Vallas goes from here.
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- February 28, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 26:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Election Day is here. We break down the key races as results flow in. And we’re live with reaction to the results from candidates for mayor.
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- February 27, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Election Day eve — previewing the mayor’s race and other big contests tomorrow. An explainer on what happens to your ballot after you vote. And a recap of today’s wild weather in the suburbs.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — February 24, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- With just days until Election Day, what’s on the minds of voters. Black hair care products popular with non-Black women. And an underground lottery that helped Black Chicago bet on itself.
#BlackVoicesWTTW #WTTWNews
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — February 25, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- What issues are driving Latino voters to the polls? One-on-one with labor activist Dolores Huerta. And supporting Los Toros with a new hat by a local fan.
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- February 24, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Police and faith leaders warn the community ahead of this weekend’s “Day of Hate.” How the top contenders in the race for mayor are faring. And the FOP zeroes in on City Council races with cash — and flyers.
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- Week in Review: Accusations, Big Spending in Mayoral Race
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mayor Lightfoot accuses Vallas of dog-whistle politics as Vallas and Johnson surge. Chicago teachers blast their union over big campaign spending. And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes his anti-woke show to Elmhurst.
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- February 23, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- R. Kelly is back in court for sentencing on federal child pornography charges. We’re live in Ukrainian Village as the war in Ukraine reaches one year. And Sister Jean is here with her new book.
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- February 22, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Chicago Teachers Union spending in the mayor’s race raises questions. Digging for solutions to the country’s native seed shortage. And brewing beer with the most important local government agency that nobody knows about.
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- Introducing FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison – Screening & Discussion
- Runtime
- 1:14:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- On February 13, 2023, WTTW kicked-off FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison, a year-long WTTW initiative offering an intimate look at the challenges and opportunities facing people returning to society after spending time in prison, as they seek to restart their lives while carrying the stigma of a criminal record.
During this intimate in-person event at the WTTW Studios, FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison producer/director Mario Tharpe will moderated a discussion with Nneka Jones Tapia, PhD, FIRSTHAND Talks presenter and Managing Director of Justice Initiatives Chicago Beyond, along with FIRSTHAND documentary participants Nicholas Crayton, Tawana Pope, and Paul S.
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- February 21, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 29:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Politicians clash over benefits to cops disabled by COVID-19. With Election Day a week away, a look at the role of political funds in Chicago’s election. And remembering the “Green Book” for Black travelers.
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- February 20, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Controversial Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visits Elmhurst amid the contentious Chicago mayor’s race. Another huge overtime haul for CTA workers. And breaking down what hospice care is in light of former President Jimmy Carter’s announcement.
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- Marcelo de Jesus Velazquez — FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
- Runtime
- 27:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A man on a mission, Marcelo de Jesus Velazquez is making up for lost time after spending 20 years behind bars. He’s building a career, reuniting with his mother and son, and even lobbying state legislators for prison reform. But he realizes he can’t do it alone: Marcelo is seeking out supportive housing and additional services.
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About FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
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They walk through prison gates with little more than a bus ticket and less than $100. After spending months or years counting down their sentences, they have days or hours to find food, housing, healthcare, and a job. WTTW’s FIRSTHAND: LIFE AFTER PRISON offers an intimate look at the challenges and opportunities facing people returning to society after spending time in prison, as they seek to restart their lives while carrying the stigma of a criminal record.
FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison is part of the award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year init...
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — February 18, 2023 Full Epsiode
- Runtime
- 26:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Efforts to support people reentering their communities after prison — and keeping them from going back. Preserving and sharing some of Chicago's rich Black history. And Mardi Gras po'boys.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — February 18, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Roadblocks the formerly incarcerated face when looking for jobs. A new watchdog report on the smokestack implosion in La Villita. And it's Carnival season.
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- Tawana Pope — FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
- Runtime
- 28:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Tawana Pope had committed crimes to support her lifelong struggles with drug and alcohol addition. After her last stint in jail, she made a decision to change her life. Now an ordained minister and author, she is giving hope to many former and currently incarcerated people.
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About FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
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They walk through prison gates with little more than a bus ticket and less than $100. After spending months or years counting down their sentences, they have days or hours to find food, housing, healthcare, and a job. WTTW’s FIRSTHAND: LIFE AFTER PRISON offers an intimate look at the challenges and opportunities facing people returning to society after spending time in prison, as they seek to restart their lives while carrying the stigma of a criminal record.
FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison is part of the award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people faci...
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- February 17, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Chicago-area connection to one of the balloons Biden shot down. Big changes proposed to help Cook County homeowners struggling with property tax debt. And an illegally built museum in Humboldt Park.
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- Week in Review: Dark Money, Attacks in Chicago Mayoral Race
- Runtime
- 28:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Dark money flows along with the attacks in the mayor’s race. Florida Gov. DeSantis’ visit to the area draws rebuke. The Bears close on the Arlington Heights property. And Pritzker’s budget spends big on education.
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- Paul S — FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
- Runtime
- 26:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Paul S. served 15 -and-a-half years in prison for aggravated child molestation. His challenges include the prohibitions placed on sex offenders, and the stigma that "once a sex offender, always a sex offender." Determined to move forward with his life, Paul has found religion and true love.
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About FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
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They walk through prison gates with little more than a bus ticket and less than $100. After spending months or years counting down their sentences, they have days or hours to find food, housing, healthcare, and a job. WTTW’s FIRSTHAND: LIFE AFTER PRISON offers an intimate look at the challenges and opportunities facing people returning to society after spending time in prison, as they seek to restart their lives while carrying the stigma of a criminal record.
FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison is part of the award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectiv...
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- February 16, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 26:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- We're live in Evanston as neighbors fight back against a redevelopment plan for Ryan Field. Which guns would be affected by the state's proposed assault weapons ban. And artists fight back against AI technology.
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- Kyle Hilbert — FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
- Runtime
- 37:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Kyle Hilbert, a recovering heroin and crack cocaine addict, has been locked up more than 20 times and experienced homelessness. This time, with the assistance of an addiction recovery center, Kyle is determined to stay clean, so he can repair his relationship with his family, and pursue a new love interest.
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About FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
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They walk through prison gates with little more than a bus ticket and less than $100. After spending months or years counting down their sentences, they have days or hours to find food, housing, healthcare, and a job. WTTW’s FIRSTHAND: LIFE AFTER PRISON offers an intimate look at the challenges and opportunities facing people returning to society after spending time in prison, as they seek to restart their lives while carrying the stigma of a criminal record.
FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison is part of the award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the fir...
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- February 15, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Bears’ major announcement about Arlington Heights. Mayoral candidates go after Brandon Johnson. Dissecting what's in the governor’s proposed budget. And what city leaders can learn from the botched smokestack implosion.
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- Nicholas Crayton — FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
- Runtime
- 51:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- After serving 24 years, Nicholas Crayton is only days away from being released from an innovative prison known as a Life Skills Re-Entry Center in Kewanee, Illinois.
We follow Nicholas as he walks through the prison gates, and begins the next chapter of his life. While he’s set his sights on starting his own tech company, the challenges of adapting to life outside prove harder than he’s imagined.
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About FIRSTHAND: Life After Prison
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They walk through prison gates with little more than a bus ticket and less than $100. After spending months or years counting down their sentences, they have days or hours to find food, housing, healthcare, and a job. WTTW’s FIRSTHAND: LIFE AFTER PRISON offers an intimate look at the challenges and opportunities facing people returning to society after spending time in prison, as they seek to restart their lives while carrying the stigma of a criminal record.
FIRSTHAND: Life...
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- The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago with Geoffrey Baer — Trailer
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Join WTTW’s award-winning host and producer Geoffrey Baer on an adventure to explore THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN CHICAGO. Meet the creators and enthusiasts who tell the stories of how these innovative and uniquely magnificent places across the many neighborhoods of Chicago came to be, why they are meaningful to the people who live and work nearby, and why we should all know their histories.
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- February 14, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A WTTW News exclusive: New details on how the city failed to heed warning signs on the Little Village smokestack implosion. Lawmakers return to Springfield. And how to find love while struggling with mental illness.
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- February 13, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 23:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A special edition of “Chicago Tonight.” Life After Prison — WTTW’s latest FIRSTHAND series explores the challenges in finding basic necessities like food, heath care, housing and work after spending time behind bars.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — February 11, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Heat and displacement concerns in South Shore. Spiritual resistance in turbulent times. A coalition uplifting artists of color. And a sweet success story in this week's throwback.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — February 11, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A major ruling on guns and those accused of domestic violence. A push for a standalone library in Back of the Yards. And what Chef Carlos Garza is serving up On the Pass.
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- December 10, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Exclusive details on controversial new plans to house hundreds of migrants. Candidates for mayor on a Department of Environment. And we’re live from the Chicago Auto Show as we ponder why Illinoisans can't buy cars on Sunday.
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- Week in Review: Chicago Mayoral Forums Get Tense
- Runtime
- 27:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- WTTW News probes Paul Vallas’ suburban residency as his campaign closes in on the final two weeks. Meanwhile, candidates get testy with each other and moderators at numerous debates this week. And tax breaks back on the table for the Bears.
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- February 9, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Paul Vallas is a front-runner to be mayor of Chicago, but does he actually live in the city? We have exclusive new details. The fiscal crisis in Cook County's south suburbs. And a local reverend turned published author.
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- February 8, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Recapping last night's WTTW News mayoral forum and assessing where the race stands now. The latest on an officer-involved shooting. And a south suburban forest preserve transformed into a bird sanctuary faces new threats.
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- WTTW News Mayoral Forum — February 7, 2023
- Runtime
- 56:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The candidates for Chicago mayor take on the critical issues facing the city in our WTTW News forum. We’re live from the community as residents pose questions to candidates.
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- February 6, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 29:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Why some former Lightfoot allies are backing other candidates. The latest on the deadly earthquake in Turkey. Previewing Tuesday’s WTTW News mayoral forum. And remembering a civic giant who died this weekend.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — February 4, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The controversy over an Advanced Placement African American studies course for high school students. Architecture writer Lee Bey gives us a South Side tour in his new documentary. And a woman hits a home run for the Negro Baseball Leagues.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — February 4, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Proposed changes to the race and ethnicity boxes on government forms. Welcoming refugees in a new sponsorship program. And giving wellness some Latino flavor.
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- February 3, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Gloves come off in the Chicago mayoral debate as Paul Vallas cleans up cash and endorsements. City Council puts the breaks on Mayor Lori Lightfoot's ComEd deal. Migrants arrive in Woodlawn. And the complicated legacy of Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull.
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- Week in Review: Tensions Arise in Chicago Mayoral Race
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Gloves come off in the Chicago mayoral debate as Vallas cleans up cash and endorsements. City Council puts the breaks on Mayor Lightfoot's ComEd deal. Migrants arrive in Woodlawn. And the complicated legacy of Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull.
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- February 2, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Community uproar over migrants in Woodlawn. Pastor Corey Brooks is millions of dollars closer to to realizing his dream of a community center. And Woodstock Willie makes his Groundhog Day prediction.
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- February 1, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Chicago mayoral race gets personal in the latest forum between candidates — Spotlight Politics on that and more. A former cop evades dozens of parking tickets. And the first day of Black History Month.
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- January 31, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on why she's dropping charges against R. Kelly. New life for the Equal Rights Amendment. Why Chicago elections are nonpartisan. And a longtime actor turns film director.
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- January 30, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Another case of mixing political campaigning with CPS. Three of the nation’s worst water polluters are in the Chicago area. The city nears a deal with ComEd to be the sole power provider. And remembering Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — January 28, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- One-on-one with the CEO of the city’s controversial ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology company. New to this year’s mayoral ballot: civilians who will oversee the Chicago Police Department. And debt relief for Chicagoans.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — January 28, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Keeping kids heathy amid high obesity rates. The state's outgoing schools superintendent on lessons learned from the pandemic. And a Waukegan gym hoping to uplift women.
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- Title
- January 27, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Reaction to the release of Memphis police video. One on one with the head of the Chicago Housing Authority. Making crosswalks accessible to blind pedestrians. And a winter showcase in River West.
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- Week in Review: Chicago Mayoral Race Tightens
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Footage of Memphis police beating video released. Lightfoot turns up the heat on her mayoral opponents. Assault weapons lawsuits come fast and furious. And remembering a beloved local radio DJ.
#ChicagoTonightWTTW #WTTWNews
- Title
- January 26, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 29:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- New emails released in the Lori Lightfoot CPS student recruitment snafu. Bronzeville gets a historic designation. Chinatown readies for Lunar New Year amid security concerns. And how to tackle mental health needs.
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- Title
- January 25, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As the snow falls, we take a deeper dive into what causes that “lake effect." The veterinary drug linked to a high level of opioid deaths in Cook County. And the issue of mental health front and center in the Chicago mayoral race.
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