CAN TV Program Archive

Ken Davis is joined by The South Side Weekly‚Äôs Michael Wasney, to discuss his recent article about the rapid adoption of high-tech policing in Chicago. Specifically, Wasney talks about ShotSpotter, a network of hundreds of pole-mounted microphones that listen for the sound of gunshots, then refer the co-ordinates through special cell-phones to police cars. The… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by the Tribune‚Äôs City Hall reporter Hal Dardick and the BGA‚Äôs Madeleine Doubek, who‚Äôs their Director of Civic Engagement. It‚Äôs a conversation about the current status of politics and policy as 2018 comes on-line. The panel discusses Chris Kennedy‚Äôs claim that Rahm Emanuel has a strategic gentrification plan to empty Chicago… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, who led the fight against the County‚Äôs pop tax. Boykin says that President Toni Preckwinkle doesn‚Äôt like me and has arranged for a challenger to take him on in the 2018 election. He says that the fact that the Board was able to replace the… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by media strategist Sylvia Ewing and political consultant Kitty Kurth to discuss the aftermath of the Alabama Senatorial election, the ascension of the #MeToo movement, the Al Franken resignation and local political issues. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

Ken Davis is joined by the Chicago Tribune‚Äôs Juan Perez, Jr. to discuss their recent series on Chicago‚Äôs shrinking high schools. They identified 17 designated neighborhood high schools whose populations have shrunk significantly in the last five years and whose very existence is now in question. In the case of Gage Park High School, for… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by City of Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson to discuss the current round of collective bargaining agreement negotiations involving 90% of Chicago‚Äôs work force. They also discuss his sense that technology and greater professionalization of management has resulted in a significant reduction in street-level corruption among the work force. They also… View Article