Nick Blumberg
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@wttw correspondent and Week in Review host | @kjzzphoenix and @Cronkite_ASU alum | [email protected]
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http://wttw.com/news 23-10-2009 04:20:38
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BREAKING: The Chicago City Council voted 30-18 to create a city-owned nonprofit housing developer — approving the centerpiece of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s effort to reduce Chicago’s massive affordable housing shortfall after weeks of intense debate. WTTW - Chicago PBS
FULL STORY: The plan to build what the city calls “green social housing” — permanently affordable, mixed-income and environmentally sustainable housing — is fueled by $135M from the $1.25B bond measure approved by the City Council a year ago. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/05/07/cit…
Rumors are swirling about Mayor Johnson’s pick to run the CTA — but at a quickly scheduled board meeting Thursday, directors took no action and advocates called for a transparent search for a candidate with transit experience WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/05/08/tra…
A Pope from Chicago, a win for the mayor, fights over CPS and CTA leadership and much more with the great panel of Brandon Pope TV Katrina Pham Alice Yin & Justin Laurence 7pm on WTTW - Chicago PBS or streaming anytime!
At the CTA's monthly board meeting, Ald. David Moore warned directors not to be a "backbiting snake" and push back against Mayor Brandon Johnson's rumored choice for the next CTA president, city COO John Roberson WTTW - Chicago PBS
The DC shooting, the DOJ investigating Chicago, an AI debacle, and much more with the great Tina Sfondeles Laura N. Rodríguez Presa Mitchell Armentrout & Mariah Woelfel — 7p and streaming anytime from WTTW - Chicago PBS
It's crunch time for Illinois lawmakers racing to make a May 31 deadline to pass a budget and close out the spring session. Here are some of the key issues we'll be watching WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/05/27/bud…
Lawmakers just released a bill overhauling Chicagoland public transit that would effectively replace the RTA and make CTA, Metra, and Pace focused on operations — but no word yet on much-needed revenues WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/05/28/law…
With Ben Szalinski: Pritzker threatens to veto any budget containing ‘broad-based’ tax increase capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-…
Shortly after unveiling a plan to restructure Chicagoland public transit, lawmakers filed a revenue measure aimed at staving off a budget gap that would have risked a "death spiral" -- and boosting funding beyond current levels WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/05/29/ill…
"I told the truth right from the beginning." In March, we told you about an Aurora resident facing battery charges--that he vehemently denied--after a dispute with some of former Mayor Richard Irvin's campaign team. Today, his case was dismissed. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2025/06/04/bat…
A surprise immigration raid, a CTU lawsuit threat, hazy skies endangering health-compromised Chicagoans and much more with the great Laura Washington Simone Alicea Brett Chase and Quinn Myers on the Week in Review - 7pm on WTTW - Chicago PBS and streaming anytime!
A 7.5 year prison sentence for Michael Madigan, high wire testimony in DC for Gov. Pritzker, and alders eyeing more power over their wards — that & more on the Week in Review w/ the great Heather Cherone Shruti Singh Chris Jones and Francia Garcia Hernandez 7pm or streaming on WTTW - Chicago PBS!
