Daily Herald Assistant Managing Editor Jake Griffin talks about his investigation on suburban red-light cameras, and State Rep. David McSweeney discusses his legislation to end them all together. Ted Dabrowski offers a deeper look on the terrible financial condition of CPS. Victor Joecks, executive vice president at the National Policy Research Institute, previews “National Employee Freedom Week.”

Hosts: Dan Proft & Pat Hughes

Guests: Jake Griffin, David McSweeney, Victor Joecks

Bryant Jackson-Green, criminal justice policy analyst at the Illinois Policy Institute, and Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran discuss potential criminal justice reforms with Dan Proft and John Tillman. Dan and John discuss a bill that would remove the taxpayers’ voice from union negotiations, and the state’s effort to expand gambling to cover up financial woes. Michael Lucci, vice president of policy for the Illinois Policy Institute, talks about the state’s out-migration crisis.

Hosts: Dan Proft & John Tillman

The controversial John Doe Investigation ends in Wisconsin, and Eric O’Keefe of the Wisconsin Club for Growth shares the story of how he was targeted for his political views. An Elk Grove bakery owner discusses how state government has made it harder for him to do business. Chicago enacts a tax on Internet streaming services, and the city’s progressive caucus is proposing several more taxes.

Hosts: Dan Proft & Jacob Huebert

Guests: Ken Jarosch, Eric O’Keefe

While a Cook County judge is expected to declare a Chicago pension reform law unconstitutional, teachers across the state are finding loopholes in their own pension system. City Journal Senior Editor Steve Malanga

Steve Malanga and Chicago Tribune education reporter Diane Rado tell both stories. Illinois News Network reporter Mark Fitton breaks down John Cullerton’s press conference, and Michael C. Carnuccio, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, joins to respond to Cullerton’s dig at his state.

Hosts: Dan & John

Guests: Steve Malanga, Diane Rado, Mark Fitton, Michael Carnuccio

Mish Shedlock, who runs the website Mish’s Global Economic Analysis, discusses how a couple Chicago pension systems could be broke within 13 years. Vicky Lugo, president of The Street Vendors Association and part of the Street Vendors Justice Coalition, talks about her efforts to legalize food carts in the city of Chicago. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is going back on campaign pledges and is pushing a sales tax increase.

Hosts: Dan Proft & Jacob Huebert

Guests: Mish Shedlock, Vicky Lugo

State Rep. Keith Wheeler gives an inside the chamber perspective on the budget gridlock. Vinnie Vernuccio from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy explains the significance of the Friedrichs v California Teachers Association case going to the Supreme Court. Dan Proft and John Tillman respond to a labor lawyer’s Chicago Tribune op-ed headline “Tax me, please, so Illinois can compete.”

Hosts: Dan Proft & John Tillman

Guests: Keith Wheeler, Vinnie Vernuccio