WBEZ has obtained more than a thousand pages of emails that show just how close Commonwealth Edison was with Illinois’ most powerful politician, House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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This week's tools, tips and tricks talk about a security risk assessment tool called CRXcavator. This service specifically scans the Google Web Store and conducts risk assessments on Chrome Extensions. This episode goes into why this is an important tool to add to your bookmarks.
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This week on the blog, we're highlighting one of our most timely and important new releases—The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence
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In a series of raids across Illinois in recent months, federal agents have taken aim at local corruption. A factory owner shares that he felt strong pressure to give campaign cash to a politician under federal investigation.
Another day another breach to talk about. Today MGM resorts had 10 million records from a breach last year posted online. This episode talks about the breach and what you can do to protect yourself if you are part of it.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling on the city’s Police Board to explain a disciplinary decision after a WBEZ investigation raised questions about it.
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Reporter: Chip Mitchell
Ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich spoke to a crush of reporters outside his Chicago home Wednesday morning. He had high praise for the president, and harsh words for the justice system.
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Reporter: Dave McKinney
Illinois Republicans are lashing out against President Trump's decision to let Rod Blagojevich out of prison early.
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Reporter: Tony Arnold
Disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich is now a free man. Blagojevich was released from a Colorado federal prison Tuesday night.
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Reporter: Dave McKinney
An investigation identified over 500 malicious Chrome extensions in the Google web store that were ultimately removed. This episode talks about what those extensions were doing and what you can do to protect yourself in the future.
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President Trump is commuting the 14-year prison sentence of disgraced ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. WBEZ's Dave McKinney covered the Blagojevich saga and gets into the details about what happened.
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Another day another large entity falls for a phishing campaign. This episode talks about how the government of Puerto Rico lost $2.6 million and how you can prevent attacks like this.
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Hundreds of Greek-Americans from the Chicago area go north to see NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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Reporter: Dan Mihalopoulos
Ransomware infections can bring sudden and significant costs to your business. From IT hours to new systems, disruptions in profits to pay for credit protection. Recently a new cost is rising, defending against lawsuits. This episode talks about this trend where customers are suing ransomware victims, whether justified or not, it's not cheap to deal with them.
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The fight over transgender student rights in Illinois’ largest high school district is finally over. Palatine based school district 211 approved a legal settlement last night with a transgender student.
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Interviewee: Nova Maday
The musical "Chicago" is based on real women who, in the 1920s, occupied a section of the Cook County jail known as “Murderess Row.” The new book “He Had It Coming” tells their true stories.
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This week's tools, tips, and tricks episodes talk about The Twelve Factor App. A methodology to help developers build software as a service in the cloud.
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Young people from around the country are headed to Washington DC this weekend. Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ advocacy organization has named a new class of youth ambassadors.
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