WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: June 12, 2020
Reset breaks down the biggest local news of the week in our Friday News Roundup with Jenn White.
Reset breaks down the biggest local news of the week in our Friday News Roundup with Jenn White.
Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity.
President Trump and his campaign are sticking to culture war messaging even as some congressional Republicans cede ground on police reform as an increasing majority of Americans voice their support for the protests.This episode: campaign correspondents Asma Khalid and Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
See the long list of applicants the Illinois Democratic Party boss urged Gov. Pritzker to hire.
Video at Congressman Bobby Rush’s offices shows cops sleeping, snacking and drinking coffee while nearby businesses were pillaged.
After one of the city’s police officers killed George Floyd, a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis city council has pledged to disband the city’s police force. What comes next could take years to figure out.This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, reporter Adrian Florido, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Chicago aldermen discussed how to spend $1.1 billion in federal stimulus money as the mayor announced a new city economic relief plan.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the pandemic has had a “devastating impact” on the city’s finances, which will be felt beyond 2020.
Philonise Floyd, whose brother was killed by Minneapolis police, testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The hearing, tied to House Democrats’ police reform proposal, took place as Republican reform efforts in the Senate began to take shape.This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and National Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
The hearing is the first public congressional meeting on policing following the killing of George Floyd. The live feed is expected to resume around 11:45 p.m. CT.