CAN TV Program Archive

Ken Davis is joined by Regional Transportation Authority Chair Kirk Dillard for a discussion about the serious fiscal shortfalls the RTA is experiencing in federal and state funding. There‚Äôs at least $20 billion in unmet capital needs just to repair or replace equipment and facilities that have exceeded their useful life, and about ten billion… View Article

Ken Davis talks about the status of Chicago‚Äôs thousands of DACA recipients with three activists in Chicago‚Äôs immigrant rights community: Ruth Lopez-McCarthy (National Immigrant Justice Center), Laura Mendoza (Resurrection Project) and Fred Tsao (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights). They discuss the ways in which the program grew to encompass more than 800,000 people… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by three veteran Chicago reporters: WBEZ‚Äôs Sarah Karp, Chicago Public Square‚Äôs Charlie Meyerson and NPR‚Äôs David Schaper. They discuss the surprising degree of youth activism that‚Äôs sprung up in Florida following the mass shooting there and the effect it‚Äôs having on American politics. They also discuss the recent change of administration… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza. They discuss her reaction to Governor Rauner‚Äôs budget address yesterday. She says she believes the proposed budget is more than 1.5 billion out of balance, and that the Governor‚Äôs proposal to shift about a billion dollars in pension costs to the local school districts, which she… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by transit consultant and Chicago Reader columnist Ed Zotti, to discuss a range of issues facing Chicago‚Äôs transit systems. Ridership is falling, and it‚Äôs thought that ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft may be cutting into the system‚Äôs customer base. But significant improvements are being made to both the rail… View Article