In the Loop (Segments)

How hard will the mayor’s office fight to keep the Chicago Bears in Chicago? Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office is expected to present a package of proposals to the NFL team as it considers moving from Soldier Field to Arlington Heights. Crain’s reporter AD Quig has the latest, and WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout joins the show for that, and other sports news.

The grandson of one Chicago mayor and nephew of another is now a convicted criminal. What does Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson’s conviction and removal from office mean for the Daley family legacy in Chicago?

Keeping love can be just as hard as finding it. We sit down with one local couple who have spent 75 Valentines together about what they think it takes to make a marriage work, advice for young couples today, and what they wish they’d known 70 years ago.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Mia Taormina fills us in on why parents of kids under 5 will have to wait to vaccinate their little ones. We also ask her how we should stay safe given plummeting case counts in Illinois.

The Ambassador Bridge reopened Sunday night after nearly a week of protests over COVID-19 vaccine mandates. It’s North America’s busiest land border crossing and connects Detroit to Windsor, Ontario. Reset digs into the disruption the blockade caused and the broader implications it has on the auto industry in the Midwest as protests continue in Canada.

A group of youth organizers in Chicago is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would restore voting rights to people in Illinois prisons. Reset checks in with the nonprofit Chicago Votes for more on SB 828 and what residents can do to get involved.

Pastor Corey Brooks has camped out in a tent for more than 80 days to protest violence on the “O” Block in Parkway Gardens and to raise money for a new community center. Reset chats with Pastor Brooks to discuss his protest and the strides he’s making to reach his goals.

Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill that bars employers from forcing people into arbitration for sexual harassment claims. Reset talks with a lawyer, an advocate and an emergency physician to learn more about the legislation.

Good friends are so important, but have you found those connections more difficult to hold on to during the pandemic? Reset hears from an expert why friendships are more important than ever and how to keep them going strong.

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.