Connected to Chicago with Bill Cameron

Connected to Chicago (10-08-2017) with Bill Cameron. Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White. Round-table with Lynn Sweet & Greg Hinz. Jennifer Keiper has a fall update from the automobile industry. Ford VP Mark LaNeve, Ford CEO Jim Hackett, and GM CEO Mary Barra.

Bill Cameron sits down with Congressman Mike Quigley. They discuss President Trump, his cabinet and his plans for the future. They also discuss multiple issues overseas, as well as local topics such as taxes, Lisa Madigan, and Rahm Emanuel.

In this week's round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain's, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics include the pop tax, Governor Rauner, Equifax, Rahm Emanuel, a secondary Amazon headquarters, as well as Mike Quigley.

John Dempsey's community spotlight piece for this week focuses on a book about the upcoming anniversary of the great Chicago fire of 1871.

Bill Cameron sits down with State Senator Daniel Biss. They discuss the gubernatorial race in Illinois. They also discuss property tax in Illinois, as well as Michael Madigan.

In this week's round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain's, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. They discuss in depth the sweetened beverage tax. Topics also include possible Obama-care replacement, as well as Governor Rauner. The round table also shares their thoughts about the potential for Chicago to become the home of Amazon's second headquarters.

In this week’s Community Spotlight segment, John Dempsey focuses on the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Bill Cameron sits down with Vice President of Civic Engagement for the Obama Foundation, Mike Strautmanis. They discuss the Presidential Library/Presidential Center, as well as Barack Obama’s newest endeavor. They discuss community help, as well as the Trump Presidency. Mike also brings up the potential of a new, local Amazon Headquarters. They also discuss Strautmanis’ political history as well as his thoughts on current political topics.

In this week's round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Natasha Korecki of Politico, and Fran Spielman of the Sun Times. Topics include Lisa Madigan’s announcement that she will not be running for re-election. They also discuss the gubernatorial race, as well as Gary McCarthy possibly running for Mayor.

This week's community spotlight segment with Nick Gale is about Governor Bruce Rauner's first overseas trip - a trade mission to China and Japan.

Bill Cameron sits down with the Former Director of Cease Fire, Tio Hardiman. They discuss violence in Chicago, and Illinois, as well as the organization Cease Fire, and what it does. Tio shares success stories as well as talks in depth about police shootings, and other shooting crimes in Chicago. Tio talks about running for Governor, as well as discussing certain topics regarding Rahm Emanuel, and Lisa Madigan.

In this week's round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Natasha Korecki of Politico, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics include the current situation with DACA and the “Dreamers.” They also discuss the race for Governor, including specifically Chris Kennedy. They discuss possible “pay for play” politics in Chicago, as well as a new Amazon headquarters possibly coming to Chicago.

In This week’s Community Spotlight Jennifer Keiper discusses the Maven commissioned survey on the topic of Millennial (ages 18-35) summer spending. The data shows Millenials spent an average of $1300 socializing and attended 37 events this summer. They spent more to travel and more than 1 in three wished they had access to an SUV/crossover. They also said they were much more likely to attend social events in the summer compared with the winter.

Bill Cameron sits down with House of Representatives member Jim Durkin. They discuss the recent budget issues, as well as other debt issues. They also discuss Chicago Public Schools and school reform. Durkin touches on tax reform, the sweetened beverage tax, and other revenue issues. They also talk about Rauner and Madigan, and the continued issues with education in Illinois.

This week's round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Natasha Korecki of Politico, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics include Chicago Public Schools, Jim Durkin, and sanctuary cities. They also discuss Rauner and Madigan, as well as the ongoing situation in Texas.

In this week’s community spotlight segment this week is about the new immigration bill signed by Gov. Rauner. Governor Bruce Rauner signed a law Monday designed to protect Illinois’ half-million undocumented immigrants from deportation, drawing criticism from the administration of a fellow Republican: President Donald Trump.

The bill, dubbed the TRUST Act, restricts local law enforcement from collaborating with federal immigration agents to detain anyone unless the feds have a warrant.

Activists working with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights praised the legislation as a shield for undocumented residents who could otherwise face deportation through any simple interaction with police, including traffic violations.

But Trump’s administration, namely the Justice Department headed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, came out swinging against the new law.

“As the Attorney General has said, when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe,” DOJ spokesman Devin O’Malley told Fox News. “Failure to deport aliens who are convicted for criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk — especially immigrant communities in the very sanctuary jurisdictions that seek to protect the perpetrators.”

The Trump administration’s anti-immigration rights stance didn’t faze Rauner a bit when he signed the TRUST Act amid cheers at a crowded restaurant in the Little Village neighborhood after greeting the crowd in Spanish with a hearty: “Buenos dias.”

Also Monday, Rauner signed a law that will establish a system in Illinois to automatically register eligible voters whenever they apply for, update, or renew a driver’s license or state ID.

The bill, which received wife bipartisan support, will put in place the farthest-reaching automatic voter registration law in the country. Illinois will be the 10th state, and first in the Midwest, to enact automatic voter registration.

Bill Cameron sits down with Rob Karr, head of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, they discuss in depth the sweetened beverage tax, as well as Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. They also discuss the Chicago bag tax, and CPS funding.

In this week's round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain's, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics include Bruce Rauner, and Mike Madigan, as well as Rahm Emanuel. They also discuss CPS and Private schools. The round table also shares their thoughts on President Trump.

In this week's Community Spotlight segment, Jennifer Keiper speaks with Ford Analyst Erich Merkle they discuss the Ford-commissioned/Zillow survey that found, after putting off becoming homeowners and having kids, more millennials are doing it a bit later in life. Ford Analyst Erich Merkle discusses how this is affecting car buying. He also tells us what to expect with the automakers release their year-over-year auto sales numbers for August.

It's been such a chaotic week in Washington D.C. and Springfield, IL, it's only fitting that we take a look back at the common sense of Chicago's first Mayor Daley.

In this week’s round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain’s, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Two big issues in Washington and Cook County raise the question if a change in leadership might be coming... Just when you thought he can’t get worse for President Donald Trump… it does. Are voters who might have been waiting to see what Trump as President would turn out to be (giving him the benefit of the doubt) ready to make a change in the White House? Is Trump’s responses to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia laying enough reason for the GOP to start planning for a Mike Pence administration? Can a good economy and job growth be enough to keep the Trump train rolling?

Locally, the approval rate for Cook County President, Tony Preckwinkle has just received significantly high disapproval rating in a poll released on Thursday. The poll of registered county voters gives Preckwinkle a 68% disapproval rating with only 21% in the positive. 11 percent of those polled were undecided.

WLS News Director, John Dempsey has his eyes to the skies and gets the details on the solar eclipse on August, 21st. He talks to at the Adler Planetarium astronomer, Dr. Grace Wolf-Chase about what we can expect.

Bill Cameron sits down with Governor Bruce Rauner in this week’s newsmaker interview. They discuss Rahm Emanuel and the state of Chicago Public Schools, specifically the deficits and the lack of funding for CPS. They also discuss taxes in Chicago as well as all of Illinois. Other topics include the Illinois State fair, as well as the state budget and deficit, and other issues in Springfield. Governor Rauner discusses some of the political rhetoric in Illinois, including being called "evil" by Toni Preckwinkle.

In this week's round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain's, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. They discuss Rahm Emanuel and the current state of Chicago Public schools. They also discuss J.B. Pritzker and the race for Governor of Illinois. Other topics include issues with taxes, as well as Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Rauner. They also talk about President Trump and the ongoing issues with North Korea.

In this week's Community Spotlight segment, Jennifer Keiper speaks with Steve Bernas, Better Business Bureau Chicago Chief. Discussed are the various scams the Better Business Bureau is seeing in Chicago. First, the group is concerned about recently situations involving in-person transactions made for on-line purchases. One of those scams resulted in the death of a Chicago area man who was selling a video game system. Bernas also discusses fake tickets being sold online and fake utility workers showing up at Chicago area homes, gaining access, and robbing homeowners.

Bill Cameron sits down with Mayor Emanuel, who says he's going to sue the Trump Justice Dept on Monday over its new Sanctuary City rules. New rules just out prevent Sanctuary Cities like Chicago to get certain law enforcement grants and so the mayor says Chicago will file suit to kill the rules and get the millions in question. Also interesting in this interview, Rahm says he's no longer Bruce Rauner's friend even as Rauner said this week he still considers the two of them to be friends at city hall.

In this week's round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain's, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics include Bill Cameron's conversation with Mayor Emanuel. The round table shares their thoughts on the subject. They also discuss the Cook County "Pop Tax" the continuing issues in North Korea, as well as issues in Springfield.