A group of youth organizers in Chicago is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would restore voting rights to people in Illinois prisons.

Reset checks in with the nonprofit Chicago Votes for more on SB 828 and what residents can do to get involved.

Host: Michael Puente

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill that bars employers from forcing people into arbitration for sexual harassment claims.

Reset talks with a lawyer, an advocate and an emergency physician to learn more about the legislation.

Host: Michael Puente

Producers: Lynnea Domienik

Good friends are so important, but have you found those connections more difficult to hold on to during the pandemic? Reset hears from an expert why friendships are more important than ever and how to keep them going strong.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Brenda Ruiz

Governor Pritzker announces Illinois will soon relax pandemic restriction while schools and parents struggle with ruling against masks mandates. Reset’s Weekly News Recap goes behind the week’s headlines.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Dozens of Black-owned restaurants, bars, cafes and food trucks will offer special meals and discounts through Feb. 20 to celebrate Chicago Black Restaurant Week. Reset checks in with the event’s founder and two local businesses about what customers can expect.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Schools continue to be a battleground for masking and vaccine requirements during the pandemic, and experts say students may be experiencing anxiety as a result. Reset learns how that may lead to an increase in mental health help for students and how schools and parents can help.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Brenda Ruiz, Christian Elliott

Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation began rounding up items used to reserve parking spots on Feb. 11 to throw them away. Reset hears from a reporter, an alderman who has been removing dibs in his ward and listeners.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman

Mayor Lightfoot announced the creation of a new committee to reimagine the 57-acre swatch of land known as Museum Campus. We sat down with two members from the newly formed group to learn what a re-imagined lakefront might look like.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman

Reset checks in with the co-founders of the nonprofit.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

You may have spotted it if you've ever driven out of the city on the Jane Addams Tollway: a lonely little tower tucked in among the bland midrise hotels and office buildings clustered near O'Hare airport. The tower, which stands in Rosemont, Illinois, looks like it's been plucked from 16th century England. Reset talks with architecture sleuth Dennis Rodkin to dig into the tower's origin story and learn more about that area's development boom over the decades.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Sasha-Ann Simons