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by Progress Illinois
11:09am
Fri Apr 10, 2009
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Great Moments In Public Television

Chicago Tonight

It's a bit of a slow news day and we're catching up on a few things at PI.  In the meantime, here's a great Chicago Tonight clip from a 2001 panel discussion on slavery reparations.  It features the infamous former Ald. Dorothy Tillman (and one of her amazing hats), as well ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:04am
Wed Apr 1, 2009
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WTTW Covers The High-Speed Rail Debate

Transportation

Last night on WTTW, Rich Samuels filed an interesting report on the debate over developing high-speed rail (HSR) along the Lincoln Corridor between Chicago and St. Louis.  Watch it: I'm not sure I understand John McCarron's skepticism.  His ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:24am
Tue Mar 24, 2009

Quinn: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"

Pat Quinn

Gov. Quinn gave an extended interview with WTTW's Carol Marin and Phil Ponce on yesterday's edition of Chicago Tonight and it's worth a full viewing.  As the brief clip below shows, he continues to badger critics of his proposed budget by pointing out that, until they come up ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:20am
Thu Mar 19, 2009
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Martire Debunks Notion Of "Gold-Plated" State Pensions

Chicago Tonight

During a discussion of Gov. Quinn's budget proposal on WTTW's Chicago Tonight yesterday, the Heartland Institute's Dan Miller argued that the "gold-plated" state pension system is the "fundamental, systemic problem" with Illinois government and dismissed ...

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by Josh Kalven
2:36pm
Wed Nov 12, 2008

Illinois' Biofuels Future

Environment

On WTTW's Chicago Tonight yesterday, Rich Samuels filed an excellent report on the efforts in Illinois to develop "cellulosic" sources for biofuel, which are more efficient and environmentally-friendly than corn.  Here's an excerpt in which Samuels talks to the ...

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by Josh Kalven
4:35pm
Thu Nov 6, 2008
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Obama Flashback: His First Appearance On WTTW

Barack Obama

Not suprisingly, yesterday's edition of WTTW's Chicago Tonight featured a host of Obama-related segments.  At one point, they aired some highlights from his first appearance on the program, during his unsuccessful bid to unseat Rep. Bobby Rush in 2000.  Watch it...

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by Josh Kalven
5:26pm
Mon Oct 20, 2008

Shaw On The Myth Of Daley As A "Wonderful Manager"

Chicago Tonight

While the Chicago Tonight panel's discussion of the ACORN issue left me wanting last Friday, when the conversation turned to the City of Chicago's budgetary problems, ABC 7's Andy Shaw made an interesting point -- one I haven't heard from the lips of any other mainstream ...

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by Josh Kalven
1:01pm
Mon Oct 20, 2008

Bruce Dold Accuses ACORN Of Becoming "Partisan" In Response To Attacks

Chicago Tonight

On Friday's week-in-review edition of WTTW's Chicago Tonight, the panel discussion at one point turned to the controversy surrounding ACORN's voter registration drives in certain swing states.  When asked by host Joel Weisman to lay out the "vote fraud charges," ...

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by Josh Kalven
12:44pm
Mon Sep 15, 2008
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Mike Flannery: McCain's Sex-Ed Ad "Disgraceful"

Education

On WTTW's Chicago Tonight last Friday, CBS2 political reporter Mike Flannery laid into John McCain's recent ad suggesting that Barack Obama supports kindergarteners "learning about sex before learning to read."  Flannery called the ad "disgraceful" and one ...