WBEZ News

The latest news and featured stories from WBEZ Chicago.

WBEZ News is a news podcast hosted by WBEZ Chicago, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

WBEZ Chicago hosts WBEZ News, a news show with 1,000 episodes published.

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  For BTS Army in Chicago, it’s always been about more than the music

  Aug 28, 20264 min

  B-T-S returns to Chicago this week for two sold-out shows at Soldier Field as a part of the group’s “Arirang” (AH-ree-rahng) world tour. 
 
 It’s been seven years since the K-pop boy band last performed in Chicago.
 
 And the group has built an *army* of fans in Chicago and around the world. 
 
 WBEZ’s Minju Park went to a B-T-S trivia night to speak to fans about what this moment means for them.
 
 HOST: LARA

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  After the lights turn on in Gary, the recovery work continues

  Aug 27, 20264 min

  The power is back on in Gary… mostly.
 
 The city of roughly 70-thousand in northwest Indiana was among the hardest hit during the August 11th storms.
 
 Even though NIPSCO said this week that 99 percent of its customers have been restored, a few hundred are still without… and people are still on the ground cleaning up.
 
 WBEZ’s Alex Degman reports.
 
 HOST: LARA

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  As Trump pushes sweeping changes to mail voting, here’s where things stand in Illinois

  Aug 27, 20265 min

  With 10 weeks until the fall election, a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling on mail-in voting is drawing close scrutiny – and even alarm – from pro-democracy advocates.
 
 The high court’s conservative bloc is allowing President Trump to move forward with an executive order critics say is designed to choke off the popular form of voting.
 
 And Attorney General Kwame Raoul yesterday [Wednesday] joined a multi-state lawsuit to block a new postal service rule regarding mail-in ballots that arises from Trump’s executive order.
 
 HOST: LANE

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  What to watch as new Chicago Public Schools year gets underway

  Aug 26, 20264 min

  Monday marked the start of classes for Chicago Public Schools.
 
 The day was filled with all the typical excitement and nerves you see on the first day.
 
 HOST: MELBA

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  More than two weeks have passed since a powerful storm ripped through Northwest Indiana.

  Aug 26, 20264 min

  More than two weeks have passed since a powerful storm ripped through Northwest Indiana. 
 HOST: MELBA

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