CAN TV Program Archive

Ken Davis is joined by urban policy writer Daniel Kay Hertz. They discuss the CTA‚Äôs plan to extend the Red Line to 130th street and an alternative Hertz proposed in the South Side Weekly to institute rapid-transit-style service on nearby Metra tracks. They also talk about seemingly-stalled efforts to build a Bus Rapid Transit line… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by three Chicago education reporters: Lauren FitzPatrick of the Sun-Times and WBEZ reporters Sarah Karp and Becky Vevea. They discuss Mayor Emanuel‚Äôs efforts to find money to keep the Chicago Public Schools open until the end of the school year, the new CPS high school application process, the likelihood that Education… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by the Metropolitan Planning Council‚Äôs Alden Loury and Sun-Times reporter Mick Dumke. They discuss a recent Dumke story about the spike in Chicago Police arrests of parolees for unlawful contact with people the police identify as gang members. They also discuss an MPC report that quantifies the cost of segregation in… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-13) to discuss the recent passage of his Safe Neighborhoods Reform Act in the Illinois Senate. Consideration in the House should begin shortly. Raul‚Äôs bill calls for more stringent penalties for individuals caught carrying an illegal firearm for the second time, although the bill also provides… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by the Chicago Reporter’s Curtis Black. They discuss the likelihood that Mayor Emanuel will continue with police reform in the Donald Trump era and the details of Sen. Kwame Raoul’s proposed legislation intensifying penalties for the illegal possession of firearms. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

Ken Davis is joined by political consultant Kitty Kurth. They talk about the current national and local political situation, including Russian influence in the presidential election, the rise of populist and white supremacist sentiment in the U.S. and the likelihood that Joe Biden, Hilllary Clinton, Barack Obama and others will begin speaking forcefully against the… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Bobby Otter, Budget Director for the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. They discuss the deeply troubling state of finances at Illinois‚Äô public universities. Since 2000, adjusted for inflation, higher education in Illinois has seen its funding reduced by almost 80 percent, and the situation is worse at the universities… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Stephanie Kollmann, policy director at the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern‚Äôs Pritzker School of Law. She discusses recent research by the school revealing that the Chicago Police Department‚Äôs clearance rate for shootings in Chicago has fallen beneath ten percent. She outlines in great detail how Illinois‚Äô existing laws… View Article