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The Week in Review: Pritzker and Bailey Sling Mud in Debate
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- The Week in Review: Pritzker and Bailey Sling Mud in Debate
- Runtime
- 58:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Gubernatorial candidates sling mud in their first televised debate. No property tax hikes in Mayor Lightfoot’s election year budget. Homeless advocates press Lightfoot for more funding. And the White Sox head into an offseason full of questions.
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- October 6, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 58:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Live from Hyde Park. Plus, gubernatorial candidates go head-to-head. The final part of our Permanent Punishment series exploring how criminal records are expunged. And a new report finds HIV/AIDS plummeting in Chicago during the pandemic.
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- October 5, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- How the city budget proposal affects your wallet. Part three of our Permanent Punishment series looking at formerly incarcerated people finding employment. And how the federal electoral count act could protect future elections.
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- October 4, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The latest on the SAFE-T Act. The unique experiences of women affected by the criminal legal system. One-on-one with Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald. And the pandemic’s impact on children’s development.
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- Chicago Tonight Studio: Timelapse of the Build
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- WTTW News and CHICAGO TONIGHT debut an enhanced viewer experience with new production design and state-of-the-art technology.
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- October 3, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The first installment of our new series, Permanent Punishment, about life with a criminal record. The mayor’s election year budget address. Boiling down recycling in Chicago. And the Supreme Court’s next term.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — October 1, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Queen Elizabeth’s death is sparking questions about the history of the British Empire. Plus, the mother of Hadiya Pendleton on preventing gun violence and raising awareness of kidney disease.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — October 1, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The push for affordable housing in Chicago. Plus, the impact of pharmacy deserts. The landscapes and people of Puerto Rico in a new exhibit. And libraries going beyond just offering books.
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- The Week in Review: Pritzker Leads Big Over Bailey in Poll
- Runtime
- 26:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A new poll shows Gov. J.B. Pritzker running away from Darren Bailey in governor’s race. Mayor Lori Lightfoot does away with an election year property tax increase. Investigators have new leads in the 40-year-old Tylenol murders. And the Sox face major changes in offseason.
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- September 29, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Controversy over a new school on the near South Side, we have a live report. The latest on Hurricane Ian. Northwestern plans a new billion dollar football stadium. And raising awareness around kidney disease.
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- Making Black America: Through the Grapevine, A WTTW Preview and Community Conversation
- Runtime
- 58:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- On September 28, 2021, WTTW and The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center hosted a preview and discussion about Making Black America: Through the Grapevine, a new film by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director Stacey L. Holman and producer Shayla Harris.
Brandis Friedman, co-anchor of WTTW's Chicago Tonight, moderated a conversation with Kim L. Dulaney, Vice President of Education and Programs at The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, and Shayla Harris, director/producer of Making Black America: Through the Grapevine. The conversation examined many themes within the Black American experience – specifically, specifically slavery, freedom, and the contours of the bind between North and South; Reconstruction and life under Jim Crow rule; and the status of the ongoing effort to organize and achieve goals that were first set during slavery.
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- September 28, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 55:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- More migrants arrive in Chicago from the border. Why reports say investigators might be closer than ever to solving the 40-year-old Tylenol murders. And carving out a monument to Monty and Rose.
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- September 27, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Why CPD wants to encrypt radio communications and what it says about transparency. Equity in the state’s cannabis industry. The mother of slain teen Hadiya Pendleton on new efforts to end gun violence. And paintings from Puerto Rico.
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- September 26, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Understanding the workers’ rights amendment on the November ballot in Illinois. The impact of a 100-year-old power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan. And local reaction to the unrest in Iran.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — September 24, 2022
- Runtime
- 26:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The changing face of Chicago’s City Council is the topic of a special crossover with Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices. And examining structural inequities with Black artists and scholars.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — September 24, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Breaking down what’s behind the mass exodus from City Hall in a special Voices crossover. Local relief efforts for Puerto Rico. And meet a duo of singing sisters from the South Side.
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- The Week in Review: Pritzker Calls for Lawmaker Resignations
- Runtime
- 26:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls for two Democratic lawmakers to step down amid personal controversies, a New Lincoln park alderperson is sworn in, the White Sox implode in a must-win series and the Bears seek to bounce back from Green Bay loss.
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- September 22, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 58:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The robots are coming … to deliver food. Plus, how the latest Fed rate hikes could impact home prices, neighbors complain about damage to Douglass Park after Riot Fest and Maestro Ricardo Muti’s exit interview.
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- September 21, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Approval is given for a Chicago Fire practice facility on a former public housing site. A group of state’s attorneys sues to strike the state’s new law eliminating cash bail. Chicago City Council welcomes its newest member.
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- September 20, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A building explosion rocks the West Side. Why finding workers to staff November’s election is proving difficult. Meet the plaintiff behind the massive Sterigenics court settlement. And a sweet treat on 26th Street.
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- September 19, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Local relief efforts begin as Puerto Rico is hit with a devastating hurricane. The push to ban certain books in school libraries gains steam. And why some attorneys say the mayor’s office is withholding public records.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — September 17, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- How to improve wages — and lives — of low-wage workers. Plus, how Google is investing in Black tech entrepreneurs in Chicago, R. Kelly is convicted and an Englewood native uses art as therapy.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — September 17, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The battle over the border as more migrant buses arrive in Chicago. Plus, what’s causing a restaurant worker shortage, songs for Hispanic Heritage Month and a sweet treat on 26th Street.
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- The Week in Review: Vice President Comes to Town
- Runtime
- 26:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Vice President Kamala Harris in town as more migrants are sent to Chicago, GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey moves to the city amid uproar over a racially motivated ad, and the undefeated Bears head up to Lambeau.
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- Chicago Tonight Is Live 09-15-2022
- Runtime
- 48:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- September 14, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- R. Kelly convicted in Chicago child porn trial. What’s true and what’s false about the Illinois SAFE-T Act, now a huge issue in the campaign. New rules for festivals in Chicago parks and Spotlight Politics.
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- September 13, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Jury deliberations are underway in R. Kelly’s trial. Another veteran City Council member says they’re done, inside President Biden’s cancer moonshot initiative, and the life and times of a Chicago rock-and-roll photographer.
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- September 12, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- State rebates are on the way — how soon could money be coming your way? How neighborhoods are recovering from weekend flooding, DePaul University has a new president and a virtual cooking camp.
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- Chicago Tonight VOICES Community Conversation: Facing Suicide
- Runtime
- 59:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- On Monday September 12, 2022, WTTW, hosted a virtual event: an exclusive preview screening and discussion of the documentary Facing Suicide. This new film explores powerful stories of those impacted by suicide—one of America's most urgent health crises—and takes viewers to the front lines of research with scientists whose work is leading to better prevention and treatment. Paris Schutz, Chicago Tonight Co-Anchor, moderated a panel featuring Michael Rosenfeld, VP of National Productions at TPT, Twin Cities PBS; Marilyn Rodriguez, psychotherapist at Latinx Talk Therapy; Dr. Sean Joe, one of the experts featured in Facing Suicide and the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at Washington University, St. Louis; and Dr. Munther Barakat, Director of Behavioral Health Therapy at Advocate Aurora.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — September 10, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- An equitable monkeypox vaccine rollout. Plus, a local children’s book author on expanding kids’ reading options, training the next generation of pilots and entering the purple universe.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — September 10, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Local organizations help newly-arrived immigrants. Plus, how traffic safety contributes to public safety. And the Last Word on embracing the unexpected things in life.
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- The Week in Review: Bears Make Stadium Case
- Runtime
- 26:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Bears unveil Arlington Heights dome plans, two more veteran alderpeople decide to hang it up, more migrants are sent from Texas to Chicago, and the Bears are set to open their season at their home for now — Soldier Field.
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- September 8, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The late Queen Elizabeth’s history with Chicago as the world mourns her death. The Bears face the public about their new stadium plans — we’re live from Arlington Heights. And, we preview the team’s first game of the season.
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- September 7, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:10
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Advocates say more needs to be done to increase equity in marijuana licensing. More churn at City Hall, the latest on the R. Kelly trial and a federal search of a former president.
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- Architect Robert Adam: A Place at the Table — With Geoffrey Baer
- Runtime
- 26:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Many Americans assume Britain is a country that reveres traditional architecture. Images of grand country homes, royal palaces and quaint rural villages spring readily to mind. But in fact over the past half century or more contemporary British culture has been indifferent to these iconic snapshots of national identity.
Architect Robert Adam wanted to change all that. Adam has devoted his life and career to persuading Britain’s architectural establishment to recognize the importance of the traditional in modern British architectural practice. Through a persuasive personal style, a powerful wit, and a talent for design, the Winchester-based architect has made a place at the table for architecture that respects and extends the vocabulary of classical and traditional buildings in today’s built environment.
In A Place at the Table: Architect Robert Adam, host Geoffrey Baer introduces us to Adam's work, philosophy, and life. Meet Adam's colleagues, clients, and...
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- September 6, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:10
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Bears unveil preliminary Arlington Heights plans. Plus, Chicago gets new COVID booster shots, why so many City Council members are choosing to hang it up, and airlines vow to improve customer service as air travel rebounds.
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- September 5, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:04
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- On this Labor Day, a look back at Chicago's long history of unions and what's next as a pro-worker measure is set to appear on the ballot this November. Plus, LGBTQ icons in a new book and Bud Billiken on a prominent city building.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — September 3, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Why the Black unemployment rate in Chicago is nearly three-times the rate for White Chicagoans. Plus, some of the city’s newest civilian police oversight commissioners and Taylor Bennett’s new tracks.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — September 3, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- What lies ahead for newly arrived migrants in Chicago. Answers for vendors at the Discount Mall. And a taste of the first-ever Empanada Fest in Northwest Indiana.
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- The Week in Review: Biden Warns of Threats to Democracy
- Runtime
- 26:04
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A group of immigrants have arrived in Chicago from Texas. The president calls for saving democracy and the Chicago Police Department gets civilian oversight and more time off.
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- September 1, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- How local leaders are responding to migrants who’ve arrived in Chicago, by bus from Texas. Plus, how the city’s teen curfew is working. And we’re in East Side for our In Your Neighborhood series.
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- August 31, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- More people could be getting in line for COVID-19 boosters after the FDA’s latest move. The soaring cost of college. And we break down the latest moves in City Hall with our Spotlight Politics team.
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- August 30, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 58:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Curbing the excessive drag racing and stunts on city streets. Addressing overall traffic fatalities in the city. One-on-one with the teachers union chief. And an epic collection of vintage Hollywood.
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- BLACK VOICES: A WTTW News Community Conversation
- Runtime
- 48:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- On Monday, August 29, 2022, WTTW, hosted BLACK VOICES: A WTTW News Community Conversation. Chicago Tonight co-anchor and Chicago Tonight: Black Voices host Brandis Friedman moderated a conversation focusing on the outlook for the new school year and actions being taken to address present day disparities. The panel featured Tanesha Peeples, Founder and President of The Roots Initiative; Dr. Janice Jackson, CEO of Hope Chicago, educator, and former CEO of CPS; and Maria Owens, Parent Leadership Team leader for Kids First Chicago.
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- August 29, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A new report on how many hours Chicago Police officers are working. Plus, a new lease on life for a little village mall, why there will be far fewer voting precincts in Chicago this election and a new exhibit about preservationist photographer Richard Nickel.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — August 27, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Getting more Black men to the head of the classroom, as teachers. Plus, as the rental market gets squeezed, how to spot a scam. And we'll catch up on the first two weeks of R. Kelly’s Chicago trial.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — August 27, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- What the president’s plan for student loan forgiveness means for borrowers. Plus, reimagining the immigration process. A food pantry fights to expand. And bringing change to communities.
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- The Week in Review: Bailey Campaigns with Pastors at Capitol
- Runtime
- 26:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- What the just-unsealed affidavit shows about the FBI’s search of Mar-A-Lago. The mayor’s between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the Columbus statue. And student loan debt relief.
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- August 25, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Darren Bailey’s association with a pastor who was at the Capitol riots. Live from North Center. Ukraine celebrates its independence day amid war. And more young adults turning to hallucinogenic drugs.
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- August 24, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 55:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Details on the president’s student debt relief plan. A major new affordable housing project in Auburn Gresham. Busing issues with CPS. And the Chicago Sky advance in the playoffs.
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