Crain's Daily Gist

Crain’s healthcare reporter Jon Asplund joins host Jeanne Sparrow to discuss how Illinois is fighting keep the biotechs born here from leaving the state.

Plus: Organized labor backs Amtrak’s plan for a new maintenance facility in Bridgeport, Pritzker wants data center legislation in the veto session, more declines in CPS enrollment and another vote delayed in Chicago’s parking meter sale.

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Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin joins host Jeanne Sparrow to talk news from the local market, including the innovative ways other Midwestern cities are driving new home construction.

Plus: A Florida business group takes a billboard swipe at Pritzker, federal credit unions are now exempt from Illinois’ swipe fee law, Astellas looks to sell its Northbrook headquarters, and Attorney General Kwame Raoul claims victory for non-citizens receiving social services.

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A Chicago academic's business of projecting life expectancy is under scrutiny amid a court battle between rival firms that make bets on life insurance policies. Crain’s contributor Steven Strahler joins host Jeanne Sparrow to untangle the legal saga.

Plus: The Illinois EPA’s new Climate Action Plan still falls short on zero emissions, Crystal Lake’s Aptar loses its Russian plant, offices in the Marshall Field building hit the market and Illinois grew the science for a breakthrough cancer drug, but couldn’t hold onto the company.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s rental protection ordinance is at the center of a legislative fight at City Hall. Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Rachel Herzog joins host Jeanne Sparrow to discuss the ordinance and its counterproposal.

Plus: Chicago Fed chair Austan Goolsbee says the road to 2% inflation may not be painless, Canada brings its tariff worries to Chicago, Nike is making a move on the Mag Mile, and Gov. Pritzker opens up about his use of GLP-1s.

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With a torrid pace of storms this summer, Illinois is approaching the highest number of tornadoes recorded in one year by any state. Host Jeanne Sparrow talks with Crain’s Mark Weinraub about how these storms may impact insurance rates.

Plus: Amtrak’s plan near Rate Field sparks South Side fury, developer bets $113 million on on Mag Mile office-to-apartment conversion, public opinion continues to sour on data centers and Eric Lefkofsky's daughter is the test case for the new science of making a hit.

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Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin joins host Jeanne Sparrow to talk news from the housing market, including a $30,000-a-month apartment in Chicago’s newest lakefront tower.

Plus: Chicago parking meter owners make the city a new offer, Google’s Thompson Center debut has been delayed, last-second deal may reopen Resilience Healthcare hospitals and designers imagine a greener Chicago.

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Crain's restaurants reporter Ally Marotti talks with host Jeanne Sparrow about the newest restaurants in town, and whether mergers can save Chicago's craft brewing industry.

Plus: ComEd’s crackdown thins the data center pipeline, U.S. Supreme Court rejects the White House’s mail ballot curbs for the midterms, Enova pulls the plug on its Grasshopper acquisition and Evanston claims one of the largest-ever suburban apartment deals.

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Justin Ishbia's vision for The Railyards and a White Sox stadium is forcing an early reckoning over what to do with the team's current home. Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Danny Ecker discusses what has become a thorny question in the Chicago stadium saga with host Jeanne Sparrow.

Plus: Mayor Brandon Johnson officially launches his re-election bid, GE HealthCare considers a billion-dollar acquisition, a former Chicago trader is headed to federal prison, and Kirkland & Ellis dominates Crain’s list of the largest Chicago law firms.

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Research from UIC shows federal immigration enforcement cost Cook County businesses $1.26 billion last year. Crain's reporter John Pletz joins host Jeanne Sparrow to break down the numbers.

Plus: Bally’s blinks on a $4 million threat in its Chicago gambling fight, consumer watchdogs force settlement reducing Nicor rate hike, the newly formed transportation board has named its chairman, and Illinois is set to become the first Midwestern state to allow medical aid in dying.

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Host Jeanne Sparrow talks with Crain’s reporter Dennis Rodkin about the strange math of Chicago’s condo market, and the latest development in litigation over Winnetka’s bluff-protection ordinance.

Plus: Gov. JB Pritzker announces a new PAC, a judge may halt Illinois’ "medical aid in dying" law, a study quantifies the toll of federal immigration enforcement on Cook County, and Ariel Investments changes up leadership for its private equity unit.

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