Chicago Newsroom 8/30/18

Published on Aug 30, 2018

Ken Davis is joined by business journalist Robert Reed to discuss a variety of topics related to the economic, physical and social changes occurring in Chicago. They talk about the upcoming mayoral election, and some speculation in the press that Mayor Emanuel may be seriously considering not running for a third term. They discuss the rapid modernization of O’Hare, the suburb-city divide, and the potential for the “Manattan-ization” of Chicago. They also discuss the possible issuance of “pension obligation bonds” to hopefully stabilize the pension funds, and the possibility that Tronc, and with it the Chicago Tribune, might be bought by the same investors who bought the Los Angeles Tribune from Tronc in the first place.

In the show’s second segment, Ken speaks with WBEZ’s Kristen Schorsch about the rapidly escalating costs for “uncompensated care” at the Cook County hospitals (Stroger and Provident.) In the past two years, care for which the hospital is not paid back has doubled, to a level that’s projected to hit a half-billion dollars in 2018.
This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).