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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

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. 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

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

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

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

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

Chicago Way w/John Kass (03/27/23): With a week to go in the run-off election to decide Chicago’s next mayor, veteran political advisor at Serafin & Associates and co-host of The Crisis Cast, Thom Serafin, joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to size up what endorsements from Senators Dick Durbin & Bernie Sanders mean and where Brandon Johnson & Paul Vallas stand. Check out more Kasso at JohnKassNews.com.

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Do national nods mean anything in the race for mayor?

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Wintrust Business Minute: Redevelopment of former AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates moves forward

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. The redevelopment of the former AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates...

Wintrust Business Minute: Redevelopment of former AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates moves forward

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