Chicago, IL

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 03/18/2023: Business Banking Officer – VP -? BMO Harris Bank at BMO Harris Bank’s Joshua Hermann joins the program to help a listener figure out how to navigate his finances to purchase another vehicle. To learn more about what Joshua and BMO Harris Bank can do for you go to bmoharris.com or give them a call at 1-847-967-4644.

How to smartly use your money

It’s a mixed picture with the current Chicago Housing Market Forecast. Certified Mortgage Planner and Construction Loan Specialist at Associated Bank Ed Currie joins Steve Grzanich to share the positive overall picture Chicago is holding. Later, they discuss the pain points within the residential housing market.

Thought Leader Ed Currie shares mixed Chicago housing market picture

Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John to talk about a recent WSJ poll that showed the vast majority of people don’t think life will be better for their children than it has been for them, how inflation is impacting U.S. parents, and how to make smarter decisions to get out of credit card debt.

Wintrust Business Lunch 3/27/23: Inflation impact, credit card debt, Mad Science

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. NASCAR has landed another big founding corporate partner for its street race in Chicago this summer. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois joins McDonald’s as a founding partner. Together they are two of Chicago’s biggest companies. NASCAR says Blue Cross will get official presenting, marketing and promotional rights along with branding all over the race’s footprint. The Grant Park 220 and The Loop 121 races will be July 1-2.

Wintrust Business Minute: NASCAR lands another founding corporate sponsor for Chicago street race

Illinois Representative of the 50th District, Barbara Hernandez, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the bill she introduced which would grant DACA recipients the ability to become police officers. She later responds to comments by opposing Representatives regarding how DACA officers wouldn’t be able to wield firearms.

Will DACA recipients finally be eligible to be police officers in Chicago?

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 03/18/2023: Access Elevator’s VP of Sales Frank Wasilewski joins the show to talk about how they can install a stairlift into a curved staircase. To learn more about what Access Elevator can do for you go to allaboutaccess.com or call them at 1-630-616-6249.

How to install a lift into a curved staircase

Countless Chicago locations hold dear memories for all of us in Chicago. Craig Locaciato has built the most extensive collection of memories on his website. Check it out here and take a walk down memory lane. Listen below to hear Craig, Roger Badesch, and John talk about their own memories of Chicago landmarks and locations.

Craig’s Lost Chicago: Memories of a Chicago long gone

Tinley Park, IL

Jon Hansen visits Tinley Park and talks with Mayor Mike Glotz. Listen this Thursday, March 30, for a full day of special features about Tinley Park.

Video: Your Hometown – Tinley Park

John Landecker is joined by the hosts of the “Chicago’s Very Own Eats” podcast, WGN’s own Mike Piff and Kevin Powell. They join John to talk about WGN Radio’s Chicago Pizza Madness Tournament and the current pizza contenders of the “Elite Eats” round.

The Chicago Pizza Madness Tournament continues in the Elite Eats round

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the opening of the Green Mill, Chris Farley invitation to join the Saturday Night Live cast, and Mayor Jane Byrne’s move to the Cabrini Green public housing project.

This Week in Chicago History: Chris Farley, Mayor Jane Byrne, and Green Mill

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the Chicago mayoral race and recent polling showing the race to be pretty tight, where Vallas and Johnson’s support is coming from, and why he believes Paul Vallas is currently the favorite to win the election. Eric and John also discuss the relationship between Paul Vallas and the FOP, the MAGA / Vallas signs that have been popping up in neighborhoods, Ald. Sophia King endorsing Paul Vallas, and who would be considered the most beloved Chicagoan.

Eric Zorn: Mayoral race polling, beloved Chicagoans, and more

Summit, IL

"They aren't stuffed animals," says Brooke Bestwina of The Feed Store in suburban Chicago. She urges research and education before taking a duck home for Easter. There’s no argument: baby ducks and chicks are unbelievably cute, and every Easter, cuteness overrules common sense as adults buy their children and grandchildren baby ducks and chicks. But these are barnyard animals and they don’t stay tiny and cute for long, doubling in size almost every week. And people who buy them as Easter gifts for city kids aren’t prepared for what happens when they’re no longer cute and tiny. In the audio clip below, Brooke Bestwina of The Feed Store in Summit, Illinois, urges you to do your research and know what you’re getting into, including that ducks are very, very messy. It’s the humane thing to do.

A baby duck as an Easter gift? Nooooo…!

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Scammers are entering the cannabis market

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