CAN TV Program Archive

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

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