The latest news and featured stories from WBEZ Chicago.
WBEZ News
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The latest news and featured stories from WBEZ Chicago.
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Publishing Since
12/2/2019
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Recent Episodes
August 16, 2026
Puerto Rico is going through a major water crisis due to severe drought. The island’s government began cutting water service to people’s homes and that’s causing anger.
The crisis is exposing major weakness in Puerto Rico’s water delivery infrastructure. HOST: PUENTE
August 14, 2026
Former charter operator Aspira wants profit from sale of taxpayer-funded school
Former charter school operator Aspira has declared bankruptcy. It comes just 11 years after the nonprofit built a modern school in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood with $27 million dollars from the state of Illinois. Now, Aspira wants to sell the building for $11 million dollars — and pocket some of the proceeds for its own operations. Here to break down how we got here and what could be next for Aspira is WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp and WBEZ investigations reporter Dan Mihalopoulos. HOST: LARA
August 14, 2026
Why has Illinois had so many storms this week?
Illinois might get even–more–storms today (FRI). The rocky forecast follows a week of deadly severe weather that caused a wave of damage, leaving hundreds of thousands in Illinois and Indiana without power. HOST: LANE
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