Monday, June 16, 2025

A Chicago city council committee has greenlit a $14.75 million settlement in a wrongful conviction case tied to disgraced former police commander Jon Burge. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the $55 billion state budget for the next twelve months into law. The James Beard Awards – sometimes called the “Oscars of the food world” – is happening Monday night in Chicago. Plus, we hear voices from the “No Kings” protest against the Trump administration in downtown Chicago on Saturday afternoon.