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What do Chicago teens need to feel welcome Downtown? 7 shared their ideas

Jul 12, 2026 |

By Erica Thompson

| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

In Chicago, Downtown Day allows teens to feel welcome, safe and seen in the city, but many say they wish that was the case year-round. They expressed that opinion on Saturday at the annual event, which brings more than 1,000 young people from the South and West Sides into the city for workshops, tours and activities.

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‘Where do they go?’ What West Side patients face after their hospital closes.

Jul 11, 2026 |

By Kristen Schorsch

| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

Shantis Johnson gently grabs her round belly, bulging with twins due in August, and wishes she could deliver them at West Suburban Medical Center, where her other children were born. “Once you know home, it’s home,” says Johnson, 38. “West Suburban was home to me.” She lives in the same house where she grew up in Chicago’s Austin community, about three miles from West Suburban in Oak Park, which closed in late March.

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Friday, July 10, 2026

Jul 10, 2026 | WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

Friday, July 10, 2026 A key city council panel is rejecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bid to drum up support for a millionaires tax with Chicago voters. Democratic State Rep. Carol Ammons of Champaign says she has “done nothing wrong” after a federal grand jury indictment for wire fraud and obstruction of justice. The Chicago White Sox have reinstated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list ahead of their weekend series against the Athletics.

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Chicago school board bars candidates from taking CPS vendors' campaign contributions

Jul 10, 2026 |

By Emmanuel Camarillo

| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

The Board of Education is barring school board candidates from accepting campaign contributions from current or prospective Chicago Public Schools vendors to ward off conflicts or undue influence as election season forges ahead. But questions remain about whether restrictions are too narrow as candidates collect millions in campaign cash ahead of an election that will determine who sits on the city’s first fully elected school board.

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Ravinia makeover features bigger stage, wider chairs, better acoustics — but fewer seats

Jul 10, 2026 |

By Ambar Colón

| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

Audiences who visit the Ravinia Festival this weekend for an opening concert featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, pop artist Lizzo and classical pianist Yunchan Lim will likely see and hear a few improvements. They’ll be the first to experience the results of a $70 million makeover. The Highland Park venue’s signature stage, called the Hunter Pavilion, is bigger, freshly designed and features a brand new orchestra shell with enhanced acoustics.

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The Rundown: Another surge in ICE activity, legal groups say

Jul 10, 2026 |

By Bianca Cseke

| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

Good afternoon! It’s Friday, and the Chicago area should see a weekend without rain, which probably means I’ll be hearing more of my neighbors’ fireworks. Here’s what you need to know today. 1.

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They’re spreading irritation - and even disease - across Illinois

Jul 10, 2026 | WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

Illinois has had an intensely rainy start to summer, creating a breeding ground for pests like mosquitos, particularly in overly-full sewer systems. We talk to a mosquito expert and help listeners get the answers to their burning pest questions. GUEST: Justin Harbison, associate professor of Public Health Sciences at Loyola University Chicago; specializing in mosquito prevention research

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Court monitor dings city for lacking a single compliant accessible crosswalk signal for impaired pedestrians

Jul 10, 2026 |

By David Struett

| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

One year after a federal judge ordered Chicago to install more accessible crosswalk signals for impaired pedestrians, a court-appointed monitor found the city has met the minimum requirements by installing 78 new signals. But the monitor, in its first-year report published July 1, also found that none of Chicago’s accessible signals — with their distinctive audible beeping — are compliant with federal standards. “They’re usable.

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ICE arrests have increased in Chicago, but tactics less publicized than last fall, legal groups say

Jul 10, 2026 |

By Kade Heather , Kaitlin Washburn

| WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

Federal immigration enforcement has intensified across Chicago in recent weeks, but the Trump administration’s tactics have been far less publicized than during the height of its deportation campaign last fall, legal groups and immigration advocates say. Last week, at least 20 people were arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chicago, and another 17 people have been arrested so far this week, according to reports from rapid response groups who document the arrests.

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Taylor Tomlinson Live in Conversation

Jul 10, 2026 | WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)

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What do Chicago teens need to feel welcome Downtown? 7 shared their ideas

‘Where do they go?’ What West Side patients face after their hospital closes.

Friday, July 10, 2026

Chicago school board bars candidates from taking CPS vendors' campaign contributions

Ravinia makeover features bigger stage, wider chairs, better acoustics — but fewer seats

The Rundown: Another surge in ICE activity, legal groups say

They’re spreading irritation - and even disease - across Illinois

Court monitor dings city for lacking a single compliant accessible crosswalk signal for impaired pedestrians

ICE arrests have increased in Chicago, but tactics less publicized than last fall, legal groups say

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