Bill Cameron sits down with Rob Karr, head of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, they discuss in depth the sweetened beverage tax, as well as Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. They also discuss the Chicago bag tax, and CPS funding.

In this week’s round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain’s, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics include Bruce Rauner, and Mike Madigan, as well as Rahm Emanuel. They also discuss CPS and Private schools. The round table also shares their thoughts on President Trump.

In this week’s Community Spotlight segment, Jennifer Keiper speaks with Ford Analyst Erich Merkle they discuss the Ford-commissioned/Zillow survey that found, after putting off becoming homeowners and having kids, more millennials are doing it a bit later in life. Ford Analyst Erich Merkle discusses how this is affecting car buying. He also tells us what to expect with the automakers release their year-over-year auto sales numbers for August.