This week WBEZ is bringing you an investigation into a state program that is meant to link Illinois’ most vulnerable children with treatment during a mental health crisis. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Kristen Schorsch
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The new Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Natalie Phelps Finnie, tells us how climate change intersects with her work. Host: Lisa Labuz; Reporter: Lauren Frost, Melba Laura
A new WBEZ investigation finds Illinois’ safety net for suicidal kids is riddled with holes. Host: Clare Lane; Reporter: Sarah Karp
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Despite a critical deadline extension, Illinois craft cannabis businesses are still worried they’ll fail before getting a chance to even start. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Alex Degman
We’ll hear how a gallery-owner in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood is helping newly arrived asylum-seekers find necessities they can’t get from the city. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Char Daston
Lori Lightfoot, the city’s first Black woman and openly gay mayor is now the first in four decades not to get a second term. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Mariah Woelfel
The people who sell Chicago-style hot dogs, beer and nachos at the United Center are prepared to go on strike any day now. Host: Lisa Labuz; Reporter: Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
WBEZ checks in with Aleksey and Vera Graboviy, who we met at the Ukrainian gift shop Delta on February 24th, 2022, to hear how life has changed in the past year. Host: Melba Lara; Reporter: Lauren Frost
The city’s first crisis response teams together have handled fewer than two calls a day. New 911 protocols are expected to lift that number. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporters: Shannon Heffernan, Cianna Greaves
The first book from the Loyola basketball team’s beloved chaplain is fittingly called “Waking Up With a Purpose! What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years.“ Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Adora Namigadde
One year on from the start of the war in Ukraine, we’ll hear from a Chicago professor and Russian national, who says Moscow's state media don't reflect how the people really feel. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Cianna Greaves
The sentence came five months after a federal jury found Kelly guilty of three counts of producing child pornography and three counts of enticing a minor into criminal sexual activity. Host: Melba Lara; Reporters: Lauren Frost and Robert Wildeboer
Since 2018, the Chicago Police Department has lost at least 22 officers to suicide. In response, the Fraternal Order of Police has turned the second floor of its Chicago facility into a wellness center. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Chip Mitchell
Voters along the north lakefront in Chicago's 43rd ward, one of the whitest wealthiest and most politically active wards in the city, have a wide field of candidates to choose from for the first time in a decade. Host: Clare Lane; Reporter: Claudia Mo...
We’re answering questions you asked in our People’s Agenda survey about what problems you want Chicago’s next mayor to tackle. Today, a question on how to improve the CTA. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Mariah Woelfel
Some Chicago public schools are struggling to serve the recent influx of migrant students from Central and South America. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Nereida Moreno