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The Chicago Report episodes

  • Chicago Report Debates: Cook County Board President

    Paris Schutz moderates a debate between Incumbent Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly.

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    57 min
  • Chicago Report Debates: IL Senate Democrats

    Paris Schutz moderates a debate between senate candidates Robin Kelly, Juliana Stratton and Raja Krishnamoorthi.

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    https://www.fox32chicago.com/election

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    57 min
  • The CPS Superintendent Search, kicking off early voting, Ald. Beale on the gambling ban and the data center debate

    Tonight: More turmoil at Chicago Public Schools - why the board of education is at war with itself over the botched search for a new superintendent. It's the Trump administration vs. Illinois and other states in a battle for voter data ahead of the midterm elections. And more on the data center dilemma - a new proposal in Illinois would put new restrictions on the energy sucking giants.



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    27 min
  • Portage makes its pitch, Marimar Martinez looks to sue DHS, and the battle for gates at O'Hare

    Tonight: The Bears to Portage, Indiana, in a stadium paid for neither by taxpayers nor the team? Tell me more....

    Marimar Martinez sues the government - and releases new evidence appearing to show immigration agents rammed into her, not the other way around.
    The Department of Homeland Security on the eve of shutting down - we visit with Republican Congressman Darin LaHood amid the furious pace of news in D.C.
    And it's United vs. American Airlines in the battle for new gates at O'Hare.

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    27 min
  • Early voting underway, the Data Center Dilemma and a proposed millionaires tax

    Tonight: Early voting is underway in Chicago - we rundown the big races to watch - and give you some advice on how to handle those endless judicial ballots.

    The data center dilemma - they provide jobs and economic growth but suck up natural resources and send costs skyrocketing. What Illinois is planning to do about it.
    A proposed millionaires tax makes its return -- will voters approve of it.

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    27 min
  • Bears stadium wars, Trump post fallout, and the crypto bubble

    Down to the final quarter - Illinois lawmakers make moves in the battle to keep the Bears from leaving for Indiana. Fallout from President Trump's racist Friday tweet - we visit with Illinois Congressman Jonathan Jackson who prayed with the president just hours before. The crypto crisis - are Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies biting the dust?

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    27 min
  • Rep. Quigley talks Voter ID push, ProPublica's bombshell report about Bovino's South Shore raid and what Bad Bunny's upcoming halftime show means for Caribbean culture

    President Trump threatens to nationalize elections—and today his press secretary says they can't rule out ICE agents at polling places. What's going on? We check in with Congress.

    Bombshell new reporting from ProPublica shows the infamous Blackhawk apartment raid in South Shore last fall wasn't about capturing alleged Venezuelan gang members at all. So what was it all for?
    All eyes on Super Bowl Sunday—and the halftime entertainment—Puerto Rican-born pop sensation Bad Bunny. Local perspective on why he's become a political lightning rod.

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    27 min
  • Duckworth's hard line on DHS funding, crunching the numbers on Chicago's debt and an expert's take on legal next steps for the Epstein files

    Tonight: Will Congress enact big changes to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security? Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth tells us — she has some red lines.

    Politics. Power. The Epstein document release exposes alleged grotesque behavior by so many of the nation’s elite — but was Epstein a spy collecting blackmail and trading it with foreign countries? 3.5 million pages, 3.5 million questions.
    City Council closed a 1 billion budget gap. But a new study says the actual gap is far greater. Try $41 billion. What? We explain.

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    27 min
  • Shutdown averted, social media post controversy and the future of Chicago's Independent music venues in jeopardy

    President Trump signs a partial government funding bill, averting a shutdown. But lawmakers now have two weeks to agree on what to do about immigration funding.

    The University of Illinois looking into the campus College Republicans – after a controversial Instagram post seemed to celebrate the killing of Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti.

    When the music's over – turn out the lights...a new study with some ominous findings for the future of Chicago's independent music venues.

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    27 min
  • The school voucher debate, how Americans really feel about foreign policy and Woodstock gets ready for Groundhog Day!

    Tonight: Should Governor Pritzker opt in to a federal program that offers scholarship money for low-income students to attend private school? We know how public teachers unions feel.

    Americans largely support their country having a robust role in foreign affairs — but Republicans and Democrats split on who they view as key threats to the nation. We dive into a new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

    And the quiet northern Illinois burg of Woodstock readies for its Groundhog Day close-up.

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    27 min

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