In the Loop (Segments)

After acquiring a slew of properties on the South Side and in the suburbs with $170 million in bonds, the Better Housing Foundation racked up thousands of building code violations. It also faces allegations of mismanagement. Now, those bonds are in default.

Reset takes a look at how these financial woes are raising questions about what’s next for housing on Chicago’s South Side.

The Pritzker Traubert Foundation is offering a $10 million grant to a single community-driven initiative aimed at bettering the lives of residents on the South or West Side of Chicago.

Reset sits down with one of the Chicago Prize finalists, “Go Green on Racine: An Englewood Rising Project,” to hear about their proposal.

Producer: Bianca Martin

Chinatown is usually bustling on weeknights and weekends. But lately, some business and restaurant owners are saying business is down as much as 50%.

Reset takes a look at the slowdown in Chinatown after the coronavirus scare in Illinois, and how the community is coming together to bring business back into the area.

Producer: Stephanie Kim

After a 40-year run, Greg Kot is leaving the Chicago Tribune. The longtime music critic is taking a voluntary buyout offered by the company. Reset discusses his time as a critic, the current state of journalism and his earliest days at the paper.

Producer: Jason Marck

Grocery-delivery pioneer Peapod is ditching Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. We take a look at why the service is leaving its home market for the East Coast, and how customers are reacting.

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Fifteen years ago, Esperanza opened its doors on Chicago’s Southwest Side to address the lack of accessible health services in the area. One of the organization’s main goals is closing the gap in access to mental health care on the Southwest Side.

Reset checks in with Esperanza and another local community center on how they’re increasing mental health services on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

Producer: Stephanie Kim

The Jane Byrne Interchange project’s price tag will balloon a quarter-billion dollars over budget.

Reset digs into the latest with Reset transportation contribution Mary Wisniewski.

Producer: Steve Bynum

The Archdiocese of Chicago recently announced the closure or consolidation of 23 parishes in and around Chicago.

Father Jason Malave stops by Reset for more on the fallout from the Renew My Church campaign and what’s driving the downsizing.

Producer: Meha Ahmad

It’s Oscars weekend. Our roundtable of movie nerds make their predictions for who will win, who should win, and get on soapboxes to pitch why their favorite snubbed film of the last year should’ve gotten a nod.

Producer: Meha Ahmad

It’s the Friday News Roundup, where we break down the week’s big local and state stories — from Governor Pritzker’s push to make Illinois the country’s first primary to the CPS inspector general’s abrupt exit.

Producer: Nereida Moreno