The Chicago Report

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Tonight: More turmoil at Chicago Public Schools - why the board of education is at war with itself over the botched search for a new superintendent. It's the Trump administration vs. Illinois and other states in a battle for voter data ahead of the midterm elections. And more on the data center dilemma - a new proposal in Illinois would put new restrictions on the energy sucking giants. Learn more...

Tonight: The Bears to Portage, Indiana, in a stadium paid for neither by taxpayers nor the team? Tell me more.... Marimar Martinez sues the government - and releases new evidence appearing to show immigration agents rammed into her, not the other way around. The Department of Homeland Security on the eve of shutting down - we visit with Republican Congressman Darin LaHood amid the furious pace of...

Tonight: Early voting is underway in Chicago - we rundown the big races to watch - and give you some advice on how to handle those endless judicial ballots. The data center dilemma - they provide jobs and economic growth but suck up natural resources and send costs skyrocketing. What Illinois is planning to do about it. A proposed millionaires tax makes its return -- will voters approve of it. Lea...

Down to the final quarter - Illinois lawmakers make moves in the battle to keep the Bears from leaving for Indiana. Fallout from President Trump's racist Friday tweet - we visit with Illinois Congressman Jonathan Jackson who prayed with the president just hours before. The crypto crisis - are Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies biting the dust? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

President Trump threatens to nationalize elections—and today his press secretary says they can't rule out ICE agents at polling places. What's going on? We check in with Congress. Bombshell new reporting from ProPublica shows the infamous Blackhawk apartment raid in South Shore last fall wasn't about capturing alleged Venezuelan gang members at all. So what was it all for? All eyes on Super Bowl S...

Tonight: Will Congress enact big changes to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security? Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth tells us — she has some red lines. Politics. Power. The Epstein document release exposes alleged grotesque behavior by so many of the nation’s elite — but was Epstein a spy collecting blackmail and trading it with foreign countries? 3.5 million pages, 3.5 million questions. Cit...

President Trump signs a partial government funding bill, averting a shutdown. But lawmakers now have two weeks to agree on what to do about immigration funding. The University of Illinois looking into the campus College Republicans – after a controversial Instagram post seemed to celebrate the killing of Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti. When the music's over – turn out the lights...a new study w...

Tonight: Should Governor Pritzker opt in to a federal program that offers scholarship money for low-income students to attend private school? We know how public teachers unions feel. Americans largely support their country having a robust role in foreign affairs — but Republicans and Democrats split on who they view as key threats to the nation. We dive into a new survey from the Chicago Council o...

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Tonight: The rise of the strongman presidency — a local presidential scholar’s new book warning about President Trump’s rapid consolidation of power, and the twilight of democracy. This on the day Trump pushes Republicans to “nationalize elections.” An 11th hour attempt at instituting a time and place curfew in the city of Chicago — City Council takes up the measure once again this week. And Chica...

Tonight: J.B. Pritzker has launched his reelection campaign — we meet one of the Republicans hoping to unseat him. CPS is losing students at an alarming rate — and could look vastly different in ten years. Will more schools have to shutter? And how you can personally have a political impact — the nonprofit organization coaching voters on how to call and demand things from their elected representat...

Tonight: Chicago leaders propose to strengthen the sanctuary law in the wake of the killing in Minneapolis. President Trump takes a turn against guns, partially blaming Alex Pretti's concealed carry for Saturday's tragedy — how gun rights groups are reacting. And Commander Bovino, we hardly knew ye. The controversial and blustery border patrol officer is sidelined — will he return, as he's vowed?...

Trump’s deportation operations unraveling in the Twin Cities. The President makes big changes after this weekend’s shocking killing of local ICU nurse Alex Pretti – can the city get back to normal? And a local Fox News reporter on his harrowing journey to the peak of Mt. Everest – and why he did 20 pushups when he got to the top. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight: A year that might feel like multiple years to some — President Trump marks his first anniversary in office for term two — and once again threatens to take away funding from Illinois. Chicago facing big cuts to funding for the homeless — just as the deep freeze settles in. What some advocates want to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hemp, curfews, and city salaries — Chicago City Council plows through a laundry list of business that could have huge impacts for years to com. A Chicago-area congresswoman proposes to abolish ICE — but not all Democrats are on board. Plus, the data discrepancies when it comes to the unhoused. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight — Indiana’s legislature makes more moves to lure the Bears across state lines — we tour the likeliest Hoosier State site with the mayor of Hammond. Special counsel Jack Smith tells Congress he believed he had evidence to convict Donald Trump for January 6th beyond a reasonable doubt. Bally’s casino playing an empty hand — its new building is behind schedule and its lease in a temporary dow...

Tonight: President Trump rips European countries that won’t support his desires to have the U.S. take control of Greenland — could this be a death knell for NATO? New developments in the bizarre case of a CPD officer who shot and killed his partner — the officer in question had a long disciplinary record. And could the city buy back its parking meters — sold in a fiasco nearly two decades ago? Lea...

Tonight: The president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act once again amid escalating tension in Minneapolis. Inside the uprising in Iran — will it lead to regime change? We meet a GOP candidate for Illinois Senate. And AI misinformation is taking over social media on big stories like the Minneapolis shooting and the sacking of Maduro — how to spot the fakery. Learn more about your ad choices...

Tonight: The state of Illinois sues the Trump administration — again, over the aggressive deportation efforts and alleged unconstitutional actions against U.S. citizens. A Chicago-based attorney says he will lead a civil investigation into the killing of Minnesota resident Renee Good — as her family breaks their silence. And a study from UChicago suggests ways to improve attendance at Chicago Publ...

Tonight: Are Governor Pritzker and Illinois lawmakers feeling the heat as Indiana ramps up its push to lure the Bears over the state line? Plus - we get the lowdown on all the other business state lawmakers plan to take up as they go back to work in the capitol. And - why an Edgewater group is trying to block the city from allowing new high rise buildings along North Broadway. Learn more about you...

Tonight: The Bears get an assist from the NFL comish in their search for a new stadium site — caught on cam here in Arlington Heights just hours before the game Saturday. President Trump says the U.S. is ready, willing and able to assist the Iranian uprising — as the repressive ruling regime’s days might be numbered. And Chicago civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson — we get an update on his he...

Tonight: More fallout from yesterday’s tragedy in the Twin Cities — Vice President J.D. Vance blames…the media? We get a view from the ground in Minneapolis and hear from the attorney for Marimar Martinez — the Chicago woman who was shot by agents in her car, labeled a domestic terrorist, only to have her charges dropped. Republican Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood on why he’s cautious about movi...

Tragedy in the Twin Cities — Minneapolis rocked once again after a federal immigration agent shoots and kills a protester in her car. Chicago’s so-called snap curfew ordinance has new life. Congress digs for answers on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela — including his pledge to put proceeds from Venezuelan oil in offshore accounts. And the president threatens to withhold 1 billion in funding...

Tonight: A top contender for Chicago mayor announces he is in for 2027 — just, after he gets through this year's congressional midterm elections. How Congress is reacting to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the questions they want answered from the Trump administration. And could the aftermath be as bad or worse than Iraq? A University of Chicago researcher fears the worst. P...