>> HEY, EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

AMANDA VICKI HAS THE EVENING OFF THE CHICAGO BEARS LAY OUT A BOLD PLAN, BUT FACE A LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE MINEFIELD.

>> THERE WILL BE MANY PEOPLE, WHETHER YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

>> WE'RE WATCHING ONLINE OR LISTENING ON THE RADIO OR READING THE NEWSPAPERS.

THAT MAY HAVE QUESTIONS.

>> YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN, THE BEARS PITCH A BRAND-NEW LAKEFRONT STADIUM ALONGSIDE MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

BUT THE PLAN IS GETTING A CHILLY RECEPTION IN SPRINGFIELD.

>> IF NOT DOTS, IT IS TIME SAY THIS WILL NOT BE THE FIRST SECOND LIST THEM.

A YOUNG MAN, A BLACK MAN WHO HAVE DECIDED DEXTER REID'S FAMILY FILE SUIT AGAINST THE CITY AND 5 CPD OFFICERS AS AN AUTOPSY FINDS REED WAS SHOT 13 TIMES BY CHICAGO POLICE DURING A FATAL TRAFFIC STOP.

WORKERS ARE LEARNING ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.

>> THEY WILL NOT BE OUT BOX.

THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP THEY ARE HERE TO ASK WHAT IS OWED TO THEM.

>> AFTER AN ABRUPT SHUTDOWN, LAID-OFF FOXTROT AND DOM'S WORKERS FILE CHARGES AND PROTEST THEIR FORMER WORKPLACE.

MEANTIME, PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS STAKE OUT SPACE ON NORTHWESTERN'S CAMPUS.

CPS FACES QUESTIONS OVER SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULAS AND IN OTHER BEARS NEWS, THE TEAM USES ITS NUMBER ONE DRAFT PICK ON STAR QB CALEB WILLIAMS.

>> AND NOW TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US ARE JUSTIN LAWRENCE FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

MELODY MERCADO FROM BLOCK CLUB.

CHICAGO, RIMA, I MEAN, FROM CHALK BEAT CHICAGO AND MAGGIE HENDRICKS FROM OLYMPICS DOT COM.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

JUSTIN LAWRENCE, WE HEARD MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAYING THIS PLAN FOR A NEW STADIUM AND A NEW CAMPUS.

IT'S BIGGER THAN FOOTBALL.

IT'S A TRUE PUBLIC INVESTMENT.

BUT WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE THE MAYOR OUT THERE SEEMINGLY BACKING A PLAN WITH MORE THAN 2 BILLION DOLLARS IN PUBLIC SUBSIDIES?

I WAS I WASN'T SURPRISED THAT HE WAS THERE AND HE WOULD BE THERE AND HE WOULD SPEAK.

I WAS IT WAS CERTAINLY SURPRISED HAS A HE SPOKE ABOUT THE THIS IS.

>> NOT A FULLY BASED PLAN.

THERE'S BEEN NO DEAL AGREED TO IT IS THERE IN SPRINGFIELD ORE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT WHO WOULD BE THE THE OWNER OF THE STADIUM AND HE FULLY SUPPORTS WHICH I DON'T THINK GOVERNOR PRITZKER WILL LOVE AS HE TRIES TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE BEARS OVER THIS STADIUM SUBSIDY.

SO, YEAH, I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED TO HOW THOSE CIFRAS HE WAS AND HE'S IN A SUPPORT.

DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF HOW IT WAS THAT THE MAYOR CAME TO BE BACKING THIS PLAN, AT LEAST IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION?

WELL, THE YOU KNOW, PREDATES HIM BECOMING MAYOR RATE.

HE WAS ASKED ABOUT IT DURING THE CAMPAIGN.

>> HE SAID HE WANTS TO KEEP THE BEARS IN CHICAGO.

HE ACTUALLY PUBLICLY ASKED KEVIN MORNING THE BEARS, HEY, WAIT UNTIL I'M IN OFFICE AND AND WE WILL TRY TO FIGURE CREATIVE WAY TO KEEP YOU HERE.

HE'D HE ALSO SAID HE WASN'T IN SUPPORT OF STADIUM SUBSIDIES AT THE TIME THAT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S DEFENDED THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS HE TOOK OFFICE, HE AND KEVIN WARREN SENT DOWN, I THINK IN THAT FIRST WEEK AND THEY'VE BEEN MEETING I'VE BEEN AT CITY HALL A FEW TIMES NOW IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WHERE I'VE SEEN THE BEARS TEAM WALKING OUT OF THE ELEVATOR AND JUST KIND OF CAUGHT THEM AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, SURPRISED TO SEE SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD YOU.

>> SO THEY'VE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WEEKS LEADING UP TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE REVENUE DEAL HERE, SAY THIS HYPOTHETICAL STADIUM IS HOSTING A BIG, YOU KNOW, BIG, HUGE CONCERT OR SOMETHING IN TERMS OF WHERE THAT MONEY GOES THAT THEY'RE TAKING IN FROM EVENTS.

THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SEEM TO BE 2 BENEFICIAL FOR THE LIKE I SAID, THE DEAL IS SO WE WILL SEE.

BUT NO, THE BEARS ARE PUSHING FOR THAT THEY ARGUE, HEY.

>> IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THE PIER STADIUM COSTS, RIGHT?

THERE'S OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS INVOLVED.

BUT IF THEY PAY OVER HALF THE PEER BECAUSE THEY SAY WE DESERVE THAT REVENUE FROM BEYONCE CONCERT, TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS ON RIGHT?

MAYBE THEY DON'T DESERVE ALL THAT.

BUT MAYBE A BIGGER CUT THAN THEY GET.

NOW THEY GET NONE OF THAT REVENUE AT SOLDIER FIELD.

BUT REMEMBER, THE PARK DISTRICT WILL ON THIS STADIUM.

IT WILL BE UP TO THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE CITY TO NEGOTIATE THAT LEE'S.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER SURPRISE A OF WHY JOHNSON WAS SO IN SUPPORT OF THIS BECAUSE THAT DEAL HASN'T BEEN ARRANGED.

>> MAGGIE, THINKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION ON THE LAKEFRONT.

WE A FAIRLY WELL RAN GEORGE LUCAS OUT OF TOWN A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN HE TRIED TO PUT THE MUSEUM THERE.

DO YOU THINK THE BEARS ARE MAY BE RELYING ON GOODWILL?

PEOPLE FEEL TOWARD THE TEAM TO TRY TO GARNER SOME SUPPORT?

>> I DO.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY BECAUSE THE TEAM HAS NOT BEEN DOING WELL ENOUGH.

AND AS A FRIEND, I POINTED OUT, THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WHO HAVE JUST WON MULTIPLE SUPER BOWLS COULD NOT GET A BOND ISSUE PASSED WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR ELECTION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

SO WHY WITH THE BEARS THINK THAT THEY HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF GOODWILL AND IN ALSO LOOKING AT ALL THE STADIUM PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT MAKES IT MAKES NO SENSE WHEN YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OAKLAND IN KANSAS CITY, IN SO MANY PLACES.

IT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE THE APPETITE FOR THAT ANYMORE.

YOU CAN ONLY WRITE ON THE GOODWILL MEMORIES FROM THE DEAD, KARA, FOR ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME REAL SKEPTICISM WITH THIS PLAN.

>> I MEAN, IF MAYOR JOHNSON AND THE CTU AND CPS ARE GOING TO SPRINGFIELD TO ASK FOR MORE SCHOOL FUNDING REMOTE IS THIS WEEKEND.

THEIR POSITION OF HE'S ALSO BACKING THESE PUBLIC SUBSIDIES FOR THE BEARS PLAN.

YEAH, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS, I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR IS >> HAS FOR IT'S IT'S NOT THE BEST.

AND I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE ASKING FOR THINGS LIKE A BILLION MORE DOLLARS FROM THE STATE FOR CHICAGO, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEN YOU'RE BACKING THIS PLAN THAT THE GOVERNOR'S NOT WARMED UP TO IT DOESN'T.

I DON'T THINK IT HELPS THAT GOODWILL.

YEAH, I THINK I THINK IT PROBABLY CREATES A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION.

CERTAINLY SOME POTENTIAL POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS THERE.

>> MELODY, THERE IS A POLL THAT FORMER GOVERNOR PAT QUINN HAS CITED THAT 66% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY'RE OPPOSED TO PUBLIC SUBSIDIES.

WHETHER IT'S FOR THE BEARS ARE FOR THE WHITE SOX FOR THE STADIUM, REBUILD.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CHANCE THE TEAM CAN TURN THAT PUBLIC OPINION AROUND KNOW?

HAHA, NO.

AND ALL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL DID JUST PASSE >> OVER BILLION DOLLAR BOND PLAN THAT'S SUPPOSED >> SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY IT.

PRETTY MUCH WE HAVE THIS.

THIS BOND YIELD A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE 40 SUPPOSED TO CREATE A LOT OF POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE CITY.

I DON'T THINK THAT CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING TO THINK OF A BEAR STADIUM IN THE SAME WAY.

YEAH, CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A TO TALK ABOUT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.

YOU KNOW, JOHNSON POINTED TO THAT BOND DEAL AS PART OF, HEY, I CAN.

>> I CAN DO CAN WE CAN INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOODS?

WELL, SEEKING STADIUM BUT THAT CUTS BOTH WAYS, RIGHT?

BECAUSE THAT BOND DEAL.

IT IN GREAT DETAIL LAYS OUT HOW YOU CAN USE 1.2 5 BILLION DOLLARS TO INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

625 TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE REST TOWARDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO THEY ONE WEEK AGO LAID OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT TO TO SPREAD AROUND CHICAGO AND HELP KIND OF STRUGGLING NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO.

IT'S A CATCH.

22, YOU KNOW, LIKE I CAN DO BOTH.

BUT I'VE ALSO LAID OUT EXACTLY HOW I WOULD SPEND 1.0, 2, 5 BILLION DOLLARS MYSELF.

WELL, AND WE SAW HOW CONTENTIOUS THAT BECAME AND CITY COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, IT TOOK A COUPLE TRIES TO GET THAT BOND DEAL FORWARD AND ALL THE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF SAY ON HOW THAT MONEY WOULD BE SPENT.

>> SO YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THEY WOULD WANT A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF INPUT FOR THIS KIND OF A PROPOSAL.

WELL, THEY WILL.

THEY WILL GET SOME INPUT.

YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE WHAT'S CALLED A PLANNED SO GO THROUGH ZONING PROCESS OR LEASE COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

>> A LOT OF THE APPROVALS ON THE FUNDING IS AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT SO THAT'S THAT MAY BE PART OF WHY JOHNSON IS HAS DECIDED YOU CAN USE ON SUPPORT OF THIS BECAUSE THE A LOT OF VOTERS ARE UPSET ABOUT THE VOTES, RIGHT THERE IS WILL LARGELY BE DIRECTED.

THOSE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THE VOTE ON THE FUNDING THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN IN SPRINGFIELD.

YEAH.

>> AS WE JUST HEARD THE FAMILY OF DEXTER REID HAS FILED SUIT AGAINST THE CITY AND 5 POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSING THEM OF VIOLENT MILITARIZED TACTICS.

YOU KNOW, HE SHOT DEAD DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ALLEGEDLY PULLED OVER FOR NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT.

JUSTIN, HOW MUCH DOES THIS KILLING SHINE A LIGHT ON THE FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE SAY POLICE REFORM EFFORTS ARE JUST MOVING SO SLUGGISHLY RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A TRAFFIC STOP ALLEGEDLY WASN'T WEARING A SEATBELT.

AND THAT IS.

>> TRAFFIC STOPS AND CHASES BEEN A PART OF THE CONSENT DECREE.

YOU KNOW THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT REFORM IS GOVERNED BY COURT MADE MANDATE CONSENT DECREE.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE POINT TO THAT AFTER THIS OF, HEY, WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT AND THE AGGRESSIVENESS AGGRESSIVENESS OF THAT STOP AND THAT'S WHAT IS HIS FAMILY POINTED TO IN THEIR LAWSUIT.

EVEN.

>> AND THAT IN THE BODY CAM VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE DEXTER READS >> WINDOWS ARE CHEELY TENTED.

AND SO COPA POINTED THIS WHEN WHEN THEY DID PRESS CONFERENCE ON ON THE SITUATION AND AND MENTIONED THAT THEY THEY DOUBT THAT THEY THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS PULLED HIM OVER FOR SEAT BELT VIOLATION WHEN YOU COULDN'T EVEN SEE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WHEN WHEN THE POLICE OFFICERS DID EXIT THE VIEW DID EXIT THEIR UNMARKED CAR WEARING PLAIN CLOTHES.

IT WAS IT FOR DEXTER READ.

IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE POLICE OFFICERS.

YES, HE APPROACHED SO AGGRESSIVELY WITH, YOU KNOW, ARMED FOLKS WHO DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE INSIGNIA ON THEM.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU MENTION COPA THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN OUT HERE CRITICIZING THE HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RELEASING INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION, EVEN THOUGH THAT INFORMATION WAS RELEASED THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS FROM JOURNALISTS.

YOU KNOW, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A MEETING BETWEEN THE 2 OF THEM THIS WEEK THAT THE HEAD OF COPELAND, THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TRY TO HASH THIS OUT.

MAGGIE, HOW DETRIMENTAL IS THIS KIND OF A PUBLIC FIGHT DURING A REALLY HIGH PROFILE AND FRAUD INVESTIGATION?

I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S IT MAKES UGLY THING.

UGLIER.

AS A CITIZEN OF CHICAGO, IT MAKES ME HAVE EVEN LESS.

>> FAITH AND THAT THE POLICE WELL HAVE BE FAIR IN THEIR IN THERE, HOW THEY'RE PULLING OVER AND HOW THEY MAY PULL SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE ME OVER VERY DIFFERENTLY.

SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE THE OTHER PEOPLE AT TABLE, YOU KNOW, AND TREAT US ALL VERY DIFFERENTLY.

AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THE CITY AS BIG AND DIVERSE AS OURS CAN STAND FOR.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN ENCAMPMENT AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS AND STAFF PROTESTING THE WAR IN GAZA.

THEY'RE CALLING ON THE SCHOOL TO CUT ANY TIES IN ISRAEL.

THERE WITH ISRAEL, RATHER.

THERE WAS A RALLY TODAY WITH A STUDENTS FROM EU, CHICAGO, FROM ROOSEVELT FROM ART INSTITUTE.

I MEAN, MELODY, WE'VE BEEN SEEING THESE PROTESTS AT CAMPUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

IS THERE ANY SURPRISE THAT IT CAME TO THE CHICAGO >> KNOW, AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING THE SORT OF SOLIDARITY ACROSS CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE CALLING FOR IS FOR THE UNIVERSITIES TO DIVEST IN SUPPORTING ISRAEL AND DIVESTING MEANS TO PULL INVESTMENTS FROM COMPANIES THAT EITHER DO BUSINESS IN ISRAEL ARE HAVE SORT SOME SORT INTERACTION WITH ISRAEL THAT MIGHT SUPPORT EITHER THE WAR IN GAZA ANY SORT OF WITH THE CURRENT A WAR THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS NOW.

WE'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY AGGRESSIVE CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS AT OTHER CAMPUSES.

>> RIMA HOUSE NORTHWESTERN'S ADMINISTRATION BEEN HANDLING SO FAR.

WE'VE SEEN WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW.

>> FIRST OF ALL, LIKE MOST JOURNALISTS HAVEN'T GIVEN ACCESS TO THE AND BASICALLY IT'S THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN DOING THAT.

BEST REPORTING AND PRETTY MUCH JUST HAD THE ONLY ACCESS, I THINK TO THE CAMPUS.

I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS RAISED ON HOW NORTHWESTERN'S ADMINISTRATION DEALING WITH THE SITUATION AND, YEAH, I MEAN, I DO THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DIVERSE RANGE OF OUTLETS OUT THERE TO REPORT ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO JUST GOING TO WORK AFTER LINE STUDENT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE ADMINISTRATION NOW.

AND QUESTION PROVING ITSELF VERY CAPABLE OF BREAKING A ZING STORY.

SO HATS OFF TO THEM.

>> I MEAN, THIS WE'RE HE'S CLEARLY GALVANIZED A LOT OF STUDENTS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE IN GENERAL, YOUNGER DEMOCRATIC VOTERS UPSET WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S STANCE ON ISRAEL.

>> I MEAN, JUST IN HOW WORRIED DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS THAT THIS MIGHT AFFECT HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION ON?

THEY'RE CERTAINLY WORRIED HE HAS NOT MAYBE VOICE THAT IS MUCH BUT BEN WAS CRANE'S EVENT THAT WE HELD.

HE CERTAINLY VOICE THAT.

>> THIS IS A REAL ISSUE FOR FOR THE PRESIDENT IN TERMS OF REAL ACTION.

I SPOKE TO KNOW JOHNSON ABOUT THIS.

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HE.

I MEAN, ILLINOIS IS GOING TO GO FOR BIDEN.

AND I DON'T THINK TIME THAT HOTEL THESE SORTS OF VOTERS ARE THE SAME KIND OF VOTERS SAID THAT PUT JOHNSON OFFICE AND HE'S HE DID SAY THAT HE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THEM NOT TO SIT OUT THE ELECTION THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUES HE HE LED A CEASE-FIRE VOTE IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND BROKE THE TIE TO TO PASS IT, BUT THAT HE HE HIMSELF, WILL NOT SIT OUT ELECTION.

HE WOULD PREFER TO SEE BIDEN.

I THINK YOU'LL A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE MAYOR JOHNSON AROUND THE COUNTRY.

KIND OF KNOWN FOR BRINGING IN PROGRESSIVES TO THE PARTY, YOUNGER VOTERS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOUNGER VOTERS WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT FROM OF EVEN IF IT'S FROM THERE PERCEIVE LEADER OF THEIR MOVEMENT.

BUT THAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU HAVE FOR THEM.

>> THERE'S BEEN REPORTING THIS WEEK THAT CPS SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT AND MAGNET SCHOOLS ARE SEEING SOME BIG CHANGES IN THEIR FUNDING AND LIKELY IN THEIR STAFFING OR EVEN TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS NEW FUNDING FORMULA.

LAST MONTH, CPS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS CHANGING ITS SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA AND IT'S GOING TO BEGIN.

>> FUNDING SCHOOLS BASED ON SO-CALLED NEEDS-BASED SYSTEM.

SO THEY'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THE SYSTEM THAT BASED FUNDING ON HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN THE BUILDING.

NOW, THEY'VE BEEN MOVING AWAY FROM THAT SYSTEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND NOW THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL ESSENTIALLY YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF STAFF FOR EVERY SCHOOL SAID NUMBER OF STAFF AND THEN BUILD UPON THAT STAFF BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL.

SO IF THEY SERVE A LOT OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, IF THEY'RE IN A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITY FACTORS LIKE THAT, WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON STAFFING RESOURCES, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION YET ON WHAT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BUDGETS LOOK LIKE.

THE DISTRICT SAYS THEY'RE PLUMBING.

ARE THEY STILL NEED VOTES FROM THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS?

>> FROM EACH SCHOOL'S LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET.

BUT WHAT'S BEEN TRICKLING OUT AND SPECIFICALLY FROM SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT MAGNET SCHOOLS, WHICH KIDS HAVE TO APPLY TO.

THESE ARE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE HAS BEEN IT APPEARS THAT THE STAFFING THAT THEY HAVE WOULD DECREASE GIVEN UNDER THE NEW FORMULA FOR NEXT SCHOOL AND WBEZ IN THE SUN-TIMES DID SOME GREAT REPORTING THIS WEEK WHERE THEY KIND OF REPLICATED THE DISTRICT'S NEW FUNDING FORMULA FOUND THAT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT AND MAGNET WOULD WOULD HAVE STAFF STAFF'S THAT WOULD DECREASE ITS INTO NEXT AND SO I THINK PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES HAVE A LOT OF FOR THE DISTRICT'S PART.

THEY'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON ANY TYPE OF AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT STANDS RIGHT YOU ARE COVERING THE CPS BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT WHERE CEO PEDRO MARTINEZ, WAS DEFENDING THIS PLAN.

HOW DID THAT PLAY?

HE HE DID DEFEND THE NEW >> BUDGET FORMULA AND SAID THIS IS A >> WAY MORE EQUITABLE WAY TO FUND OUR GUARANTEES AT SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOSING ENROLLMENT.

HAVE THE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED KEEP HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS KEEP ATTRACTING STUDENTS.

IT'S A LONG TIME COMING.

BUT THIS WASN'T ONE OF THE RARE MEETINGS THAT WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT WAS OUT AT CHICAGO VOCATIONAL CAREER ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL DREW ABOUT 100 PEOPLE.

THAT'S A LOT MORE TO TELL YOU HE KIND OF WENT INTO THIS DEFENSE, THERE WERE SOME CHANTING FROM THE BACK THAT WAS LIKE, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

AND HE HAD TO SAY, WELL, PLEASE, LET ME N THAT WAS THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR A LOT FROM PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT BUDGETS.

EVEN CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, WHICH IS SUPPORTED THIS NEW FORMULA HAS CONCERNS.

AND SO WE'RE JUST WAITING TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT.

YEAH, THAT'S A TOUGH NEEDLE FOR THEM TO THREAD, ESPECIALLY.

YOU KNOW, WE SAW THIS WEEK 5 OF THOSE SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS NAMED AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION.

BUT >> CERTAINLY A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHERE THIS FUNDING FORMULAS GOING IN.

IN OTHER NEWS WITH THE CITY SISTER AGENCY, THE CIVIC FEDERATION, A FISCAL WATCHDOG.

THEY WERE OUT WITH A REPORT THIS WEEK ENDORSING A MERGER OF CTA, METRA AND PACE INTO ONE REGIONAL TRANSIT AGENCY.

THOSE AGENCIES ARE FACING AN ESTIMATED 730 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICITS IN EARLY 2026.

JUSTIN, DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE A STATE LAWMAKERS GET ON BOARD WITH THIS PLAN >> IT'S TOO SOON TO SAY I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PRIORITY OF THIS.

THIS CURRENT SESSION, ENDS IN MAY.

SO AT EARLIEST PROBABLY AND NOVEMBER VETO SESSION.

BUT THIS IS NOT A NEW IDEA, RIGHT?

CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AGENCY FOR PLANNING.

THIS HAS BEEN AN IDEA THAT THEY'VE PUT OUT IT'S A WAY TO SAVE COSTS RATE.

IF YOU COMBINE THE 3 AGENCIES, THEY SAVE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, THEIR PURCHASING POWER GROWS SO THEY CAN BUY AT A LOWER A LOWER COST.

I I THINK THE THING HERE, RIGHT, AS IT TAKES A LOT OF CONTROL OVER FROM THE CTA ON CHICAGO, TRANSIT AND THIS REPORT COMES AS THE TIME.

OBVIOUSLY A FROM SUN.

A LOT OF REPORTING ON THIS THAT DORVAL CARTER IS UNDER FIRE.

PRINCE CARE LAST WEEK ALL BUT SAID HE SHOULD BE FIRED, RIGHT?

HE SAID WITH A WINK AND A HAVE NOT THE ACTUAL A WORD.

YOU SAID PLENTY.

SO HE WENT AS FAR AS YOU CAN SAY WITHOUT SAYING THAT ACTUAL.

>> IT COMES AT A REALLY INTERESTING TIME AND I'M ALSO CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, THE CIVIC FED KIND OF WEIGHING IN ON THIS IS IS KIND OF A POLITICAL DECISION THAT THEY MADE, WHICH IS ALSO INTERESTING AND THIS WILL DEBATED SHIRLEY FROM THE REST OF THE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AND A MANSION, THE REST ALL MELODY, YOU'VE BEEN COVERING THE FALLOUT OVER VERY ABRUPT SHUTDOWN OF FOXTROT AND DOM'S KITCHEN AND MARKET.

>> LIKE MONTHS AFTER THEIR MERGER, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TRIGGERED THIS COLLAPSE?

>> WE HAVE SOME SOME INKLINGS AND CHATTER OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED THERE.

THE HASN'T BEEN CONFIRMED YET BECAUSE THE COMPANY HASN'T OFFICIALLY OFFICIALLY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY.

BUT THAT'S THE WORD THAT'S BEEN GOING AROUND ON ALL OF THESE STORES ABRUPTLY CLOSED ON TUESDAY.

ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WE'VE TALKED TO YOU AND STAFF ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN DC 2 CITIES IN TEXAS THAT SAID THEY RECEIVED NO NOTICE.

THERE'S NOW A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY.

I'M SAYING THAT THEY POSSIBLY VIOLATED THE WARN ACT AND THE STATE WARREN ACT.

IF YOU 75 OR MORE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASS LAYOFF, YOU NEED LET EMPLOYEES KNOW 60 DAYS IN ADVANCE.

AND BECAUSE THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, THESE WORKERS ARE CALLING FOR 60 DAYS OF BACK PAY A LOT OF THESE WORKERS HAVE NO JOB PROSPECTS RIGHT NOW.

OBVIOUSLY, SINCE THEY WERE JUST LAID OFF ON TUESDAY.

SO THERE'S BEEN SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN STEPPING UP AND TRYING TO OFFER RESOURCES, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES >> BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE HIRING GIVE THEM TIPS ON THAT AND SO IT'S A REALLY AN EVOLVING SITUATION.

I FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOX SHAW IS NOT THE FIRST COMPANY OR RESTAURANT TO CLOSE OVERNIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENS A LOT IN CHICAGO.

IT'S JUST FOX THEIR NOTE ABILITY IN THE THIS HAS JUST REALLY CAUGHT WIND OF EVERYBODY.

REALLY MORE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

BUT YEAH.

HAHA.

LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN I KNEW LOVED THEIR FOXTROT.

YEAH.

I WAS OK, REALLY ANGRY ABOUT THIS WAS LIKE, IT'S A.

>> IT'S A GROCERY STORE ALREADY YEAH.

I MEAN, YOU MENTIONED HOW JUST ABRUPT THIS WAS THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO NOTICE.

>> THE VENDORS ARE WORRIED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET STIFF.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CHANCE WE MIGHT SEE A MORE LOCAL VERSION OF THAT WAR?

AN ACT THAT YOU MENTIONED?

>> YES, I DID TALK TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT CHAD PROJECT AND THEY'RE HOPING THAT THIS COULD.

>> THEY CAN CAPITALIZE ON ON THE MOMENT AND GET >> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CREATE A CHICAGO WARN ACT.

THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HAS WON THE STIPULATIONS THERE.

IT'S A 50 OR MORE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

AND THEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO LAY TWO-THIRDS OF WORKFORCE, YOU HAVE TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WE COULD SEE THAT BE A HUGE BENEFIT FOR WORKERS HERE IN CHICAGO, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, MOM AND POP SHOPS TO CLOSE ALL THE TIME.

AND SO MAYBE CREATING SOMETHING WAS SOMETHING OF A MORE NARROW FOCUS WHERE AT LEAST WORKERS COULD GET A 2 WEEK NOTICE A CASE ON TO SOME NON STADIUM SPORTS MAGGIE, THE NFL DRAFT IS IN FULL SWING.

>> DRAWN A REPORTED 275,000 PEOPLE TO DETROIT FOR THIS EVENT.

WAS THIS ALWAYS SUCH A DRY?

HOW DID THIS GET SO BIG?

I THINK GOT VERY BIG WHEN THEY STARTED MOVING AROUND AND NOT JUST HAVING IT IN NEW YORK AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL.

>> DETROIT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NFL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY LIKE WON A PLAYOFF GAME.

SO HE HAD NO WHIT ABOUT IT.

SO THEY ARE ALL IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REASON TO BE EXCITED AND OUTSIDE.

I MEAN, LOOK AT THESE PICTURES.

IT'S CRAZY.

>> I HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN DETROIT AND WE'RE DOWN THERE HAD SO MUCH FUN.

SO, WELL, THE BEARS IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PICK.

THEY DRAFTED USC QUARTERBACK CALEB WILLIAMS.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING HE COULD BE GENERATIONAL TALENT.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT HYPE IS JUSTIFIED?

WHY ARE PEOPLE SO EXCITED?

I AM EXCITED ABOUT HIM.

I HAVE BEEN A BEARS FAN FOR TOO LONG EVER THINK ANY HYPE AROUND THEY CAN TO MY DNA AT THIS POINT.

BUT >> I ALSO I'M EXCITED THAT CAME UP EXCITED FOR CHICAGO.

I'M EXCITED THAT WE HAVE REASONS TO BE HAPPY THAT THERE'S GOOD RECEIVERS IN CHICAGO AND THERE'S ALL THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMEBODY FOR HIM TO THROW CHEER WHEN HE CAN GET PROTECTED.

LIKE THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS.

BUT I ALSO I KIND OF JUST A MATTER OF DISTANCE LIKE LOOKING AT IT FROM A DISTANCE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED SO MANY TIMES.

YEAH, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT, RIGHT?

YEAH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

BUT I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THE ROSTER THAT HE'S GOING TO BE JOINING, DOES HE HAVE THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT HE NEEDS?

ARE THERE OTHER HOLES THAT THE BEARS NEED TO FILL?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GET A COUPLE MORE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN BECAUSE JUST THEY GET INJURED EASILY.

AND YOU JUST ALWAYS MEAN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, BUT OTHERWISE, LIKE RECEIVING CORPS IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY NOW, WHICH IS JUST CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT COMING.

ALL RIGHT.

HOPEFULLY COMING IN AND SET UP FOR SUCCESS.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THE BEARS MIGHT HAVE ONE OF THE BEST RECEIVING CORPS IN THE COUNTRY.

CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST PANELS IN THE CITY, AT LEAST.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> JUSTIN LAWRENCE MELODY MERCADO.

I MEAN, AND MAGGIE HENDRICKS, YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST AND WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN GET CHICAGO TONIGHT AND THAT WE CAN REVIEW STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND OUR WEB SITE W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

>> LOOKING AT THOSE THOSE CROWDS AROUND THE DRAFT.

I IT LOOKS LIKE INAUGURATION LIKE, YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND THAT IF HUMANITY.

I THEY'VE HAD THEY HAVE A MEETING IN CHICAGO FOR A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

A COUPLE TIMES A ROW AND WE'VE GOT DECENT CROWDS, BUT NOTHING LIKE I COULD NOT BELIEVE.

>> I THINK THEY'RE JUST SO HUNGRY FOR.

EXCITED.

WHEN A LONG TIME IN ANY SPORT AND THE MOST FUN COACH ULTIMATE FOOTBALL WE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM BEING CALLED ME NIGHT.

YEAH.

SO THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE EXCITED SINCE 19, UNLIKE READY RUN THROUGH A LAW ALL.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FROM THAT IS PROUD TO BE A MULTI-LINGUAL