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Get a head start on your workday with the stories that matter most. Listen to our roundup of essential Chicago headlines and analysis from Crain’s reporters and host Amy Guth.
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06/20/24: Wrigleyville neighbors try to stop apartment project
Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about news from the local market, including a petition trying to block the demolition of three vintage buildings next to Wrigley Field.
Plus: First look at the next Cook County budget shows a $218 million gap, Trump changes plans to stay in Milwaukee during RNC instead of Chicago, SEC fines R.R. Donnelley $2.1 million related to ransomware attack and City Hall panel to consider digital billboards on the Riverwalk as revenue source. -
06/19/24: Infamous Chicago Spire hole gets filled
The foundation left behind by the failed Chicago Spire project will soon be covered as vertical construction on the first phase of Related Midwest's massive two-tower residential development gets underway. Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Rachel Herzog talks about the plans for the Lake Shore Drive construction site with host Amy Guth.
Plus: Illinois' ban on "bump stocks" remains in place despite U.S. Supreme Court decision, whistleblower says Boeing lost hundreds of bad 737 parts, feds want Outcome Health's ex-CEO Rishi Shah to do 15 years in prison, eight Northwestern projects land seed funding from Ryan family accelerator and McDonald's won't let AI run its drive-thrus — for now. -
06/18/24: Growing the violence prevention network
Violence intervention groups are expanding around Chicago, with help from private and public funding. Crain’s reporter Corli Jay talks about the efforts with host Amy Guth.
Plus: Ed Burke seeks sentencing delay, FAA probes suspect titanium used in Airbus and Boeing jets, NinjaTrader CEO sees surge in futures trading as tech draws in younger users, bank leaders say real estate pain is still confined to office and a senate bill would jail private-equity execs for health care "looting." -
06/17/24: A side effect of abortion restrictions
Abortion bans are driving demand for medical residency programs in states like Illinois. Crain’s health care reporter Katherine Davis joins host Amy Guth to discuss the national trend among fledgling doctors looking to gain full accreditation.
Plus: Tempus IPO raises $410 million, at top of the range; CTA, Metra and Pace mull day pass for all 3 systems; Northwestern AD who oversaw department beset by scandal stepping aside; Crain’s Fast 50 list of Chicago’s fastest growing companies returns; and dogs will soon fly first class out of Chicago on this new airline. -
06/13/24: Frank Lloyd Wright home to be restored
Crain's residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin joins host Amy Guth to talk news from the local market, including a troubled Frank Lloyd Wright row house that’s found a rescuer and two homes for sale for the first time in roughly a century.
Plus: Coach houses and granny flats could soon be allowed citywide, startup Tegus to be acquired for $930M by Trott-backed rival, judge dismisses Madigan-related whistleblower suit against St. Anthony and a city panel approves subsidies for Loop office conversions. -
06/12/24: Medical debt burden exposes inequity
Crain’s researcher Sophie Rodgers joins host Amy Guth to discuss how medical debt weighs on Chicagoans, even when they're insured.
Plus: Chicago weighs up to $3 billion of debt for O'Hare upgrades, Bally's Chicago bounced back in May after a tough April, Boeing delivered 24 jets in May as China compounds 737 Max woes, unfinished school next to St. Regis goes up for sale and Chicago takes home one win at the James Beard Awards.