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Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson's Trial Starts
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- Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson's Trial Starts
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Eight men and four women were selected Monday to serve on the federal jury that will decide whether 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson lied to federal bank regulators and filed false tax returns.
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- Pritzker: Order Halting Mask Mandate ‘Cultivates Chaos'
- Runtime
- 6:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Gov. J.B. Pritzker is seeking an immediate appeal to a temporary restraining order filed by a central Illinois judge late last week that prevents more than 140 Illinois school districts from requiring masks in their buildings.
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- February 7, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Confusion at local schools following a recent court ruling on the statewide mask mandate. Plus, a political scion goes on trial, U. of C. is set to build a giant new cancer center, and the NFL faces explosive charges of discrimination.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — February 5, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on vacating convictions and her relationship with the mayor’s office. Remembering the barrier-breaking 1963 Loyola men’s basketball team. And kicking off Black History Month.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — February 5, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 25:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Grading the president on his immigration policies. A Mexican ballet company returns. New songs to spice up your playlist. And a classic Mexican cocktail hits liquor store shelves.
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- The Week in Review: Calls for Federal Charges for Van Dyke
- Runtime
- 26:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Laquan McDonald’s killer is released from prison. A Daley faces federal charges. And Republican Congressman Kinzinger is censured by his own party.
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- Snowy Owl Latest Victim of Rat Poison
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- An Arctic snowy owl is recuperating tonight after coming across poison meant for rats and mice.
It's the second feathered victim of rat poison to have arrived at Willowbrook Wildlife Center so far this year.
WTTW News reporter Patty Wetli joins us with more details.
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- Lawndale Health Center Works to Address Disparities
- Runtime
- 5:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- An interview with Pastor James Brooks, recently named CEO of Lawndale Christian Health Center, part of our community reporting series.
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- Tammy Duckworth on Jason Van Dyke, Russia-Ukraine, SCOTUS
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- 9:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- As activists and community members rally against the release of Jason Van Dyke, Illinois' two U.S. senators are pressing the Justice Department on a federal civil rights investigation into the former Chicago Police officer.
Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth say the facts of the case are "shocking and upsetting" and are asking the Attorney General for an update into the probe.
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- UCAN Offers Transitional Housing, Violence Prevention
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- 4:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- An interview with Christa Hamilton, the CEO and president of UCAN, an organization based in Lawndale, part of our community reporting series.
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- CPD Superintendent Says Critics Have Sour Grapes Over Reform
- Runtime
- 11:10
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Chicago police superintendent David Brown is approaching nearly two years in command. And it's been a rough ride.
His tenure has been racked with a soaring homicide rate and weeks of civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd's murder, all while attempting to reform a police department during a global pandemic.
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- Laquan McDonald’s Family Responds to Release of Van Dyke
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- 5:38
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- It’s been eight years since Laquan McDonald was fatally shot by former police officer Jason Van Dyke. Today Van Dyke is a free man only serving half his sentence of 6 years and nine months. Family members and the community were outraged by the ex- CPD officer’s early release.
Chicago Tonight’s Joanna Hernandez and Producer Marissa Nelson spent the day in North Lawndale.
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- Jason Van Dyke Leaves Prison After Serving Half His Sentence
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- After serving half of his sentence, Jason Van Dyke left prison today.
The former Chicago police officer received an 81-month sentence in 2019 for killing Black teen Laquan McDonald.
WTTW News reporter Matt Masterson joins us with more.
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- February 3, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Community reaction to Jason Van Dyke's release from prison. Laquan McDonald’s neighborhood of North Lawndale is our In Your Neighborhood stop. Plus, the city’s top cop and Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
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- Spotlight Politics: Budget Politics
- Runtime
- 10:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Governor J.B. Pritzker presents an election-year budget filled with tax relief and more spending on programs. And Rod Blagojevich weighs in on a congressional race in our Spotlight Politics.
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- Advocates Call for City Support to Shelter Homeless
- Runtime
- 6:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- As snowfall pelts the region, outreach workers in Chicago are working to provide supplies and shelter to the homeless community.
Advocates are calling on the city for support as shelters deal with limited bed capacity in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- CTU President Jesse Sharkey Won't Seek Reelection
- Runtime
- 3:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- After more than three years as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, Jesse Sharkey announces he won't seek re-election and will step down at the end of his current term.
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- Snowfall Snarls Commute; More Snow Forecasted Thursday
- Runtime
- 6:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Grab a shovel. Chicagoans are digging themselves out from a blanket of snow — some residents more than others.
The South Side was hit particularly hard with some areas seeing more than 9 inches of snowfall.
And more snow is being forecasted for Thursday.
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- Republicans Criticize Budget ‘Stunts’ and ‘Gimmicks’
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- 11:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- As we heard, Gov. Pritzker's budget proposal is packed with goodies designed to appeal to voters ahead of a gubernatorial election in November.
Pritzker's proposed budget would provide roughly $1 billion in relief for pandemic-hit households by giving property owners a one-time property tax rebate and freezing taxes on groceries and gas.
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- Gov. Pritzker Presents Election-Year Budget Plan
- Runtime
- 6:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Proposing a spending plan can be one of a governor's toughest jobs.
But with higher-than-expected revenues coming in coupled with federal relief funding easing strain, Gov. J.B. Pritzker's using it as an opportunity as he heads into a reelection battle.
Amanda Vinicky joins us from Springfield with a rundown.
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- February 2, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A live report from Springfield after the governor’s state of the state and budget address. Reaction from lawmakers. This week’s snowy forecast. And a change at the top of the Chicago Teachers Union.
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- Some Companies Add 4-Day Work Week to Retain, Recruit Talent
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- 7:32
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- As the so-called Great Resignation continues, companies have had to get creative with recruiting and retaining talented employees. The newest benefit some companies are experimenting with is a four-day work week.
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- Study of Chicago Shoreline Soon to be Underway
- Runtime
- 7:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- State Representative Kam Buckner of the 26th Legislative District, which covers several Near North Side and South Side neighborhoods in Chicago.
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- CDPH Data: COVID-19 Vax Rate Rises After Mandate
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Chicago’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for bars, restaurants and fitness centers took effect nearly a month ago, and since then, vaccination rates for the city's adults have risen steadily.
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- Giant Effort Creates Miniature Rooms Linked to Thorne Rooms
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- 3:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Big things can come in small packages, and that certainly goes for artwork as well. A local maker of miniatures has a direct connection to the Thorne Rooms – those ever-popular scale-model rooms on view at the Art Institute.
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- Heavy Snow Expected From 8 P.M. Tuesday til 6 P.M. Wednesday
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- 8:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Governor J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster declaration Tuesday afternoon ahead of a snowstorm expected to hit a large portion of north-central and northeastern Illinois, as well as northwest Indiana.
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- Pfizer Asks for FDA Vaccine Approval For Kids Under 5
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- 8:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Pfizer and partner BioNTech are asking the FDA to authorize their COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 and younger.
COVID-19 cases are continuing to drop in Chicago-- and now officials are floating the idea of easing restrictions.
And scientists are keeping their eye on the Omicron subvariant BA 2.
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- Republicans React to Governor's Expected Budget Plan
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- 6:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Illinois' pandemic response. Funding for schools, and for violence prevention. Potential tax relief. We'll get details tomorrow from Governor J.B. Pritzker on those and other issues when he presents his budget.
Among those proposals: Holdings the line on a tax on gasoline, and a temporarily lifting a 1% tax on food.
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- February 1, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Hear from top Republicans ahead of the governor’s budget address. COVID cases are falling in Chicago. Extreme winter weather coming in. And plans to study Lake Michigan’s impact on the city’s shore.
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- WTTW Building Manager Don Muss Dies
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- WTTW and WFMT Building Manager Don Muss died Sunday, he worked at the station for the past 35 years.
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- Chicago's Invest South/West Initiative Draws Industrial Jobs
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- 6:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Neighbors in North Lawndale will see a massive new $38.4 million dollar industrial complex that is said to generate up to 700 jobs. The city says the complex, along with a pair of community innovation centers, will revitalize 21 acres of city-owned land as part of the Mayor’s Invest South/West initiative.
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- Chicago Ward Map Negotiations at Standstill
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The rare Sunday session failed to resolve the central issue at the heart of the debate that will determine the balance of political power between Black, Latino and Asian Chicagoans.
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- Crain’s Headlines: Walgreens Takes Bids on Drugstore Chain
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- 3:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Deerfield-based Walgreens Boots Alliance is taking bids for its international drugstore chain, Boots. Boeing makes a $450 million investment in Wisk, an autonomous air-taxi start up. And Chicago’s Loop Capital announces its acquiring BMO Asset Management.
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- Black Voices A WTTW News Community Conversation January 31 2022
- Runtime
- 41:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- On Monday, January 31, 2022, Chicago Tonight: Black Voices host and Chicago Tonight co-anchor Brandis Friedman led an online conversation with Chris Benson, a professor at Northwestern who co-wrote a book with Mamie Till-Mobley about the lynching of her son; Rev. Wheeler Parker, Emmett Till’s cousin who was in the Mississippi home the night Till was kidnapped; and Tanya Huelett, Senior Director of Educator Content Development at Facing History and Ourselves. The conversation focused on why Till’s story is still relevant today, and how family members and other community leaders are working to keep his memory alive.
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- Street Artist Combines Familiar Signs and Provocative Words
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- 3:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Chicago street artist Leon Thoughtsky takes sardonic quips and reflections and mixes them with the painted signs often seen advertising grocery store produce.
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- President Biden Plans to Name Black Woman to Supreme Court
- Runtime
- 8:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- President Joe Biden says he intends to keep his campaign promise to nominate a Black women to the Supreme Court -- and should announce his pick by the end of February.
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- Vaccine Misinformation on Spotify Draws Pushback
- Runtime
- 6:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Last week rock legend Neil Young demanded Spotify pull his music from the platform to protest misinformation spread by mega-podcaster Joe Rogan. That came just weeks after 270 doctors and public health specialists demanded Spotify take action to prevent COVID misinformation on the platform.
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- Lawmakers Return to Springfield
- Runtime
- 4:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Because of the coronavirus, Governor J.B. Pritzker last year laid out his budget and vision for the state in a virtual address. But he’s back to giving an in-person speech this year and his office is sharing some details about what’ll be included.
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- January 31, 2022 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 56:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A preview look as lawmakers head back to Springfield. A local doctor fights vaccine misinformation, activists react to Jason Van Dyke’s pending prison release, a ward remap stalemate and investing millions in Chicago neighborhoods.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — January 29, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The former Chicago cop convicted of killing Laquan McDonald to be released from prison; activists react. Plus, a transformation in Bronzeville. And a new art exhibit explores anti-Black violence.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — January 29, 2022 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Gun violence shakes the Little Village community, what’s being done to curb it. Resources for those struggling with housing insecurity. And a Rogers Park business owner hopes for smashing success.
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- The Week in Review: Criminal Justice Leaders on Same Page
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- City leaders present a united front on crime. Competition from all corners this election year. And tackling the Bears’ new hires.
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- Kenwood Academy High School — In Your Neighborhood: Kenwood
- Runtime
- 4:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- An interview with assistant principal Corey Morrison and athletic director Karen Garland of Kenwood Academy High School, part of our community reporting series.
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- Pandemic Worsening Existing Teacher Shortage in Illinois
- Runtime
- 8:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Illinois is facing a teacher shortage — and a new survey shows school leaders fear it is getting worse.
The survey was conducted in Fall 2021, before the highly contagious omicron COVID-19 variant, which poses added challenges to schools as some struggle to keep buildings staffed enough to host in-person classes.
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- Kenwood Oakland Community Organization — In Your Neighborhood: Kenwood
- Runtime
- 4:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- An interview with Shannon Bennett, of the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, part of our community reporting series.
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- Changed Felony Murder Statute Excludes Some: Injustice Watch
- Runtime
- 7:17
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Advocates are saying a change to Illinois' felony murder statute doesn't go far enough.
The change was made by state lawmakers last January as part of the sweeping criminal justice law.
The law removes the possibility of prosecutors charging defendants with murder in cases when a third party — like the police or a homeowner — is responsible for the killing.
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- Ski Club with Chicago Roots Sends Three Skiers to Olympics
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- 4:17
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- There are only four members of the 2022 U.S. Olympic men’s ski-jumping team competing in Beijing this winter. And three of those Olympians trained at a historic club just 40 miles northwest of Chicago.
We visited the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove to meet some high-flying athletes with nerves — and legs — of steel.
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- Bears to Hire New Head Coach
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- 8:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Bears reportedly have a new head coach.
After dismissing Matt Nagy nearly three weeks ago, the Chicago Bears are widely reported to have hired Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus as his replacement.
The move comes just two days after the Bears announced the hiring of Ryan Poles, executive director of player personnel for the Kansas City Chiefs, as their new GM.
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- ‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: Kenwood
- Runtime
- 5:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- You might recognize Kenwood for its architectural beauty. Located on Chicago's South Side, the neighborhood is rich in stunning homes and 19th-century mansions but also caters to a large working-class population. In recent years, the neighborhood has undergone several changes.
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- Chief Judge Gives Wide-Ranging Talk on Crime, Violence
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- 5:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In the back-and-forth over what's causing the surge in crime, some critics, including the mayor, have pointed at the judicial branch.
The contention: That changes to the bail system, electronic monitoring, and leniency from judges are making life too easy for criminals.
In a rare extended, public appearance the county's chief judge, Tim Evans, pushed back.
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