9/30/21: "September City Council: sins, forks, enforcement"
In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben probed a a September meeting of the Chicago City Council. In the standard v...
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8/29/21: "New Ill. law means more low (and not so low) income housing"
In an audio piece, housing specialists and others talk about how the creation of low-income housing in Chicago is tied to higher-income apartments--pu...
8/8/21: "July City Council: recondite fight on police oversight"
In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben digested slices of July 2021 meetings of the Chicago City Council. In the s...
7/19/21: "Pre-Independence Day, council not docile"
In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben heard and critiqued parts of the June 2021 meeting of the full Chicago City...
6/21/21: "May Council jostles housing, delays Drive strive"
In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben listened to and evaluated parts of the May 2021 meeting of the full Chicago...
5/18/21: "Cannabis and LSD trip up April City Council"
In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben listened to audio from April 2021 meetings of the Chicago City Council. In ...
4/20/21: "India refuters, industry polluters grip March City Council"
In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben listened to audio from the March 2021 session of the full Chicago City Coun...
3/19/21: "Ald. Andre Vasquez takes on gerrymandered, back-room ward remapping"
In an audio interview, Alderman Andre Vasquez of Chicago's 40th Ward talked about a City Council resolution he co-sponsored that calls for a hearing o...
3/11/21: "February City Council: Who CARES about COVID-19 police costs?"
In a discussion by journalists Dave Glowacz and Ben Joravsky, Dave and Ben listened to audio from February 2021 sessions of the Chicago City Council. ...
2/16/21: "Ward remap flap: Latino Caucus vs. Lightfoot"
In this audio piece, members of the Chicago City Council Latino Caucus blast a proposed independent commission for redrawing ward boundaries--promptin...