Chicago, IL

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on:. In Old Town, Pickleball Drama Brewing As Players, Local Parents Feud Over Court Access: A group of neighbors who say the three pickleball courts at Bauler Park were installed without community input want them removed, while other neighbors and players say the courts help build community.

Extremely Local News: Could LaSalle Street see new apartments?

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. There’s a new push to build a wind farm in Lake Michigan off Chicago. The bill has passed the Illinois House and now goes to the Senate. The wind farm, including 10 to 20 windmills, would be located several miles off South Shore. It would cost electric customers about $680 million in subsidies over the next two decades. One of the bill’s sponsors says those subsidies are marginal give the billions of dollars spent on electric bills every year in the state. Democratic Senator Robert Peters of Chicago tells Crain’s we have to deal with the climate crisis now or later. One climate advocacy group, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, is opposed to the bill and says it’ll end up being a boondoggle for a lucky developer.

Wintrust Business Minute: New push to build wind farm in Lake Michigan off Chicago

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

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

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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Chicago Way w/John Kass: Mike Cummings promises not to ‘line his pockets’ in the 19th Ward

Chicago Way w/John Kass (02/06/23): With only a few weeks until election day in Chicago, retired...

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Mike Cummings promises not to ‘line his pockets’ in the 19th Ward

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