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Morning News: January 18, 2024 Jan 18, 2024

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Keeping up with the huge increase in migrant students is a challenge – even for Chicago schools that are used to teaching migrants. . Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is defending the actions it took to address unsanitary conditions at a Pilsen migrant shelter. The Shriver Center on Poverty Law is marking the anniversary of America’s “War on Poverty” with a summit today.

Afternoon News: Wednesday January 17, 2024 Jan 17, 2024

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Preparations for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago later this year continue to move forward. New recommendations are out from a working group dedicated to preserving local news in Illinois. A federal jury in Chicago convicted six men in the murder of local rapper FBG Duck

Chef Jessica Walks First wants Chicago to have an Indigenous culinary scene Jan 17, 2024

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Chef Jessica Walks First started helping in the kitchen as a little kid, and she grew up cooking for her community in Chicago’s American Indian Center. Now, she runs Ketapanen Kitchen, a catering business with a focus on Indigenous foods. “Ketapanen” is an expression of love in the Menominee language. “If my community is eating my food, I want them to have great ingredients that are familiar to them and feel like home to them,” Walks First said. She wants to expose as many Chicagoans as possible to Indigenous culinary traditions, and she advocates for making those foods more accessible to Indigenous communities. In this episode, host Erin Allen talks to Walks First about Indigenous representation in Chicago’s culinary scene and beyond.

Morning News: January 17, 2024 Jan 17, 2024

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A new analysis shows an area five times the size of Chicago’s Millennium Park could be used to build affordable and public housing in the city. A lawmaker introduced a bill that would prohibit the use of electronic tracking systems to determine someone’s location without their consent. Officials in at least one central Illinois county are preparing in case migrants are dropped off in their area.

Afternoon News: Monday January 16, 2024 Jan 16, 2024

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The Chicago area remains under a wind chill advisory until Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. with wind chill temperatures as cold as minus 30 degrees. Activists are calling on Chicago officials to reconsider how they protect the city’s unhoused communities from extreme cold. A new poll finds overwhelming support for public school choice in Chicago.

There’s climate change and then there’s anxiety about climate change Jan 16, 2024

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This Chicago winter is waffling between two extremes: unseasonably warm and bitter cold. Either way, it’s getting harder to ignore the evidence of climate change in our forecasts and extreme weather, and that can bring up any number of hard feelings. Libby Bachhuber is a licensed clinical social worker and therapist, and she wants to give people a space to process their “eco anxiety” by hosting “Climate Cafes” around town. She recently collaborated with Haven Denson, the Chicago Conservation Corps Coordinator at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, to bring a Climate Cafe to the museum. In this episode, host Erin Allen talks to Denson and Bachhuber about processing eco anxiety and leaning into hope for the future.

Morning News: January 16, 2024 Jan 16, 2024

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Illinois state lawmakers return to Springfield for the start of the legislative session. Chicago leaders have delayed its plan to move migrants out of shelters after 60 days due to the bitter cold. There’s a new push for federal financial help for Chicago and Milwaukee to defray costs from hosting the national political conventions this summer.

Afternoon News: Friday January 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024

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Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is calling on Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbot to quit sending busloads of migrants to the city as sub-zero temperatures loom. The National Weather Service is forecasting a rain and snow mix for the Chicago-area and northern Illinois Friday afternoon before transitioning to all snow overnight, and a winter storm warning is in effect until noon Saturday. You have until midnight tonight to enter Chicago's snow plow naming contest.

In Chicago, magic is more than a bag of tricks Jan 12, 2024

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Chicago used to be a destination for magic.

“In the heyday of magic, this was the magic hub of the world,” said Joey Cranford, owner of the Chicago Magic Lounge in Andersonville. “We had more magic shops per capita. We had prop builders. We had close up bars. We were a magic hub. But all that went away. The magic kind of left Chicago.”

That was decades ago. Today? The magic is back, according to the magicians that spoke with Robert Loerzel, a freelance journalist who wrote about Chicago’s magic scene for WBEZ.

In this episode, Loerzel explains Chicago’s on-again-off-again relationship with magic – from Harry Houdini and the World’s Fair to today – and he tells us where you should go to see a magic show right now, amidst Chicago’s magical renaissance.

Morning News: January 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024

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A winter storm warning is in effect for the Chicago area. City council members representing Chicago’s Southwest Side are pushing for a new police district and station. South Side restaurant Oooh Wee! It is! gets some love during the Golden Globes this week.

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