CAN TV Program Archive

Ken Davis is joined by Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Michael Hawthorne, who has written extensively on the issue of lead in Chicago‚Äôs water. The lead is not in the water as it leaves the filtration plants or gets distributed beneath the streets, but it‚Äôs introduced when the water passes through lead pipes that connect individual… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by the Chicago Reader‚Äôs housing and criminal justice columnist Maya Dukmasova. They discuss a lawsuit being brought against the city by a developer who claims that the ago-old tradition of aldermanic prerogative is not lawful and should be declared illegal. The dispute stems from a plan to build a 300-unit apartment… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Chicago Sun-Times Editor-in-Chief Chris Fusco. They discuss the radical redesign of the printed paper, the company‚Äôs digital presence and its public imaging, all of which went live on March 28. Fusco also talks about the challenge every news organization faces as newspapers, magazines, television stations and radio stations begin to… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Lori Lightfoot, Chair of the Chicago Police Board. They discuss a recent memorandum of agreement between the city, the Illinois Attorney General‚Äôs Office, a coalition of community and legal activists and the Chicago Police Department to jointly seek a consent decree that will outline an action plan for reform of… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Tribune investigative reporter Michael Hawthorne for a discussion about environmental issues in Chicago. They discuss recent efforts to regulate the storage of manganese in Chicago, and the recognition that, despite its ability to hold almost five billion gallons of storm-water, the Deep Tunnel and McCook Reservoir can be filled to… View Article