Your NPR news source
a

Charles Rex Arbogast

a

Charles Rex Arbogast

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: June 23, 2023

Mayor Brandon Johnson changes his tune on policing in schools. Plus, 19 alderpeople back a specific candidate for the city’s next top cop.

Charles Rex Arbogast
By Meha Ahmad Michael Liptrot Micah Yason Stephanie Kim
   

Illinois scales back healthcare benefits for undocumented immigrants. Cook County projects a nearly $86 million budget. And one Chicago startup is on a mission to make sustainable seafood with fungi.

Reset goes behind the headlines of these stories and more in the Weekly News Recap.

GUESTS: Paris Schutz, WTTW reporter and anchor

Amanda Vinicky, WTTW political correspondent

Mariah Woelfel, WBEZ city government and politics reporter

Subscribe to Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons
More From This Show
A butterfly sitting on top of a purple flower.
Embracing a ‘chrysalis mindset’ for our midlife transitions
Midlife can be a time for newness and growth, rather than a time of “crisis,” argues Chip Conley.
By Micah Yason  and Lynnea Domienik
 
cars
Would lowering the speed limit make Chicago’s streets safer?
The same change in New York City saw a decrease in pedestrian deaths. But a similar 2021 change in Chicago fines showed local drivers may be slow to change their ways.
By Jules Yaeger
 
REBECCA BLACK RESET
Rebecca Black says her career has been “a long journey”
The pop star joined Reset ahead of her set at last week’s Boiler Room after-party.
By Micah Yason  and Ethan Schwabe
 
More Stories