In the Loop (Segments)

Governor Pritzker announces Illinois will soon relax pandemic restriction while schools and parents struggle with ruling against masks mandates. Reset’s Weekly News Recap goes behind the week’s headlines.

Dozens of Black-owned restaurants, bars, cafes and food trucks will offer special meals and discounts through Feb. 20 to celebrate Chicago Black Restaurant Week. Reset checks in with the event’s founder and two local businesses about what customers can expect.

Schools continue to be a battleground for masking and vaccine requirements during the pandemic, and experts say students may be experiencing anxiety as a result. Reset learns how that may lead to an increase in mental health help for students and how schools and parents can help.

Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation began rounding up items used to reserve parking spots on Feb. 11 to throw them away. Reset hears from a reporter, an alderman who has been removing dibs in his ward and listeners.

Mayor Lightfoot announced the creation of a new committee to reimagine the 57-acre swatch of land known as Museum Campus. We sat down with two members from the newly formed group to learn what a re-imagined lakefront might look like.

Reset checks in with the co-founders of the nonprofit.

You may have spotted it if you've ever driven out of the city on the Jane Addams Tollway: a lonely little tower tucked in among the bland midrise hotels and office buildings clustered near O'Hare airport. The tower, which stands in Rosemont, Illinois, looks like it's been plucked from 16th century England. Reset talks with architecture sleuth Dennis Rodkin to dig into the tower's origin story and...

Declining birth rates and the outmigration of Black families is leading to a decline in the number of school age children across the city according to a study conducted by a local education advocacy group. This trend can be found in cities across the country and has real implications for the revenue CPS receives and the quality of resources available to students.

The closure of The Garfield Park Aldi and now the license suspension of Save A Lot has left Garfield Park residents without easy access to food in the area. Reset dissects the closures of the two businesses, and what actions Chicago will take to protect the West Side from further food insecurity.

Children aren’t allowed to join some virtual-reality apps in the metaverse but it’s not stopping them from entering. Reset hears more about the risks children face in the largely self moderated world and what the online forum can do to protect them.

Last week, a judge overruled Illinois’ mask mandate in schools. The Pritzker administration is appealing, but for now, the rules on school masking depend on where you live. We asked parents to weigh in. Reset checks in with an infectious disease expert to fact check some of what was shared by parents on yesterday’s show.

As COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases are on the decline in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to lift mask mandates for most public places except for schools Thursday afternoon. The move comes as governors on both coasts recently announced plans to roll back their masking rules.

The so-called Winter Grab will see two dozen researchers take to the ice on snowmobiles, airboats and U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers on Feb. 14 to systematically measure lake ice depth and take water samples. Reset talks with TK and TK about the project and how human-caused climate change is affecting winter conditions in the Great Lakes.

“Chicago Not In Chicago” is meant to highlight the influence the Windy City has around the globe. Reset talks to one of the people behind the campaign about how the marketing strategy was conceived as well as with a critic who would like to see Chicago featured more in future iterations.

Millions are quitting their jobs, seeking new or completely different opportunities in what’s being called the “Great Resignation”. One journalist decided to tweet that she’d soon be resigning. But she added information you don’t normally hear: her salary. Reset tackles the taboo topic of pay transparency.

The deaths of Chicago blues musicians Sam Lay, Jimmy Johnson, and Syl Johnson leave the music scene struck with grief. Reset unpacks the musicians' everlasting legacies with local musicians Joanna Connor and Toronzo Cannon.

Dental care is one of the nation’s greatest unmet health needs among kids, especially in low-income communities. A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago are working to understand why that is and what can be done to reduce disparities in those areas.

The 11th Ward alderman is the first sitting council member to face trial in more than two decades.

Jeff Wolin first approached the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless with the idea for his new book 'Faces of Homelessness' in 2018.

About a quarter of Chicagoans haven’t been vaccinated yet, and the city’s COVID vaccine ambassadors aim to change that.

A downstate judge has overruled Illinois’ mask mandate in schools. Reset hears from parents on both sides of the masking divide.

A new documentary highlights the Loyola Ramblers 1963 basketball team that paved the way for modern day basketball in challenging the racial barriers during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Reset examines and celebrates the historic Chicago-based team by getting a closer look at “Loyola Project.”

Pfizer started the vaccine approval process for kids under five, and Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said indoor vaccine mandates might be rolled back if COVID-19 cases continue to fall. We sat down with infectious disease specialist Dr. Mia Taormina for a pandemic update.

Less than 1% of craft breweries in the U.S. are Black-owned and Chicago is home to only a handful. Reset talks with one beer brand owner about his idea for a residency to support and elevate Black-owned brewers.

West Side pastor Marshall Hatch reflects on the last few days since the release of Jason Van Dyke, the impact on their community, and where the fight goes from here.