CAN TV Program Archive

Ken Davis is joined by the Daily Line‚Äôs A.D. Quig, who explained the complicated battle over ballot petition legitimacy that‚Äôs roiling the Assessor‚Äôs race in the upcoming primary. She also discusses the decades-long effort to bring certain Cook County offices‚Äô IT systems up to date, especially those in the Clerk of the Circuit Court‚Äôs office,… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Chicago Tribune columnist Robert Reed. They discuss the future of retailing in Chicago, the upsides and downsides of an Amazon HQ in our city, Net Neutrailty, the rollout of 5-G internet, ridership erosion on the CTA, modernization challenges for McDonald‚Äôs and how Walgreen‚Äôs will combat Amazon‚Äôs logistics dominance. This program… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by the Illinois Solar Energy Association‚Äôs Lisa Albrecht, who discusses the impact of President Trump‚Äôs 30% tariff on solar panels manufactured in China and certain other countries. Solar is now a $9 billion industry employing over 300,000 Americans, but only a few thousand are in the manufacturing sector. Critics have charged… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Stacy Davis Gates, the Chicago Teachers Union‚Äôs political director. They discuss the Union‚Äôs assertion that moves by the Chicago Public Schools to close four Englewood high schools is a violation of their contract. Davis also talks about the need for an elected representative school board and an end to mayoral… View Article

Craig Newman is joined by ProPublica Illinois’ Editor in Chief Louise Kiernan and reporter Jason Grotto. They discuss being the first regional publishing operation of ProPublica and their reporting around Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

Craig Newman is joined by Lauren FitzPatrick of the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reporter’s Kalyn Belsha to discuss the state of education in Chicago and the future of CPS under new CEO Janice Jackson. Kalyn also discusses her reporting on the drastically changing dynamic at CPS as thousands of African American students leave the system…. View Article