WBEZ News

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August 31, 2026 Illinois wraps up extreme meteorological summer nearing all-time tornado record
It may not feel like it, but today (MON) is the last day of meteorological summer.
We’re joined now by Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford to walk us through what was a memorable summer for extreme weather, and share what could be coming next.
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August 28, 2026 For BTS Army in Chicago, it’s always been about more than the music
B-T-S returns to Chicago this week for two sold-out shows at Soldier Field as a part of the group’s “Arirang” (AH-ree-rahng) world tour.
It’s been seven years since the K-pop boy band last performed in Chicago.
And the group has built an *army* of fans in Chicago and around the world.
WBEZ’s Minju Park went to a B-T-S trivia night to speak to fans about what this moment means for them.
HOST: LARA
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August 27, 2026 After the lights turn on in Gary, the recovery work continues
The power is back on in Gary… mostly.
The city of roughly 70-thousand in northwest Indiana was among the hardest hit during the August 11th storms.
Even though NIPSCO said this week that 99 percent of its customers have been restored, a few hundred are still without… and people are still on the ground cleaning up.
WBEZ’s Alex Degman reports.
HOST: LARA
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August 27, 2026 As Trump pushes sweeping changes to mail voting, here’s where things stand in Illinois
With 10 weeks until the fall election, a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling on mail-in voting is drawing close scrutiny – and even alarm – from pro-democracy advocates.

The high court’s conservative bloc is allowing President Trump to move forward with an executive order critics say is designed to choke off the popular form of voting.

And Attorney General Kwame Raoul yesterday [Wednesday] joined a multi-state lawsuit to block a new postal service rule regarding mail-in ballots that arises from Trump’s executive order.

HOST: LANE
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August 26, 2026 What to watch as new Chicago Public Schools year gets underway
Monday marked the start of classes for Chicago Public Schools.
The day was filled with all the typical excitement and nerves you see on the first day.
HOST: MELBA
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August 26, 2026 More than two weeks have passed since a powerful storm ripped through Northwest Indiana.
More than two weeks have passed since a powerful storm ripped through Northwest Indiana.
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August 25, 2026 Power is expected to return to Northwest Indiana today (TUE)
Power is expected to return to Northwest Indiana today (TUE)

Hundreds of thousands of people in the area were impacted by storms on August 11th.

And more than three-thousand people are still without power.

HOST: LANE
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August 21, 2026 Thousands of Northwest Indiana residents still in dark as power slowly returns
Eleven days after severe storms tore through Northwest Indiana, thousands are still without power.
Some residents say they feel forgotten as they wait for the lights to come back on, while others are helping any way they can.
WBEZ’s Araceli Gomez-Aldana spoke with residents about how they’re getting through the outages.
HOST: LARA
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August 21, 2026 Illinois Democrats, Republicans seek political momentum at state fair
Besides deep-fried Oreos, Cheetos-covered corndogs, and pork belly and fries in a cone, the Illinois State Fair offered a heaping serving of politics this week.
Democrats looked to re-elect Governor J-B Pritzker, replace retiring U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, and weather a sexual harassment scandal confronting House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch.
And Republicans tried to exploit Welch’s crisis, blame Pritzker for rising household costs and overcome a possible Democratic wave across the country this fall.
Here to break it all down for us is WBEZ’s state politics correspondent Mawa Iqbal.
HOST: LARA
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August 20, 2026 After their father’s deportation, a Chicago-area family finds itself in survival mode
The Amin family is trying to find a way to bring their dad back to the US from Pakistan. After three decades in the US, while he was working to legalize his status, he was picked up during Midway Blitz, detained 3 months and then deported. And the family is trying to figure out how to save the family sandwich their father ran. He called it his sixth child. His son is running things at the moment but is supposed to go back to college in the fall. The story focused on the son. When they talk to the dad in Pakistan, he doesn't even ask about the shop. It's too painful.
WBEZ’s Esther Yoon-Ji Kang first met the Amin family that month.
So much has changed in the past year without their patriarch. Here’s their story.
HOST: LARA
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