Category Archives: Recently On WLS-AM
On today's edition of The Closing Bell: Alex Stone from ABC has the numbers to compare 2023's travel season with years past. The Chicago Tribune's Talia Soglin and Bret Gogoel take a look at 2024's Il...
Jan 03, 2024
Amtrak asking for passenger input ahead of renovations at Union Station
Amtrak has a survey available on line through the end of January. It can be found on the Union Station web site or through QR codes around the station. Crain’s reports The company wants passenge...
Jan 03, 2024
‘We can be safe and just at the same time.’ – Clayton Harris, Candidate for Cook County State’s Attorney on the Steve Cochran Show
Candidate for Cook County State's Attorney Clayton Harris joins the Steve Cochran Show to delve into his experience raising his family on the Southside of Chicago, his plans for improving the morale o...
Jan 03, 2024
Illinois’ ‘Paid Leave for All Workers Act’ is now in effect
Almost all Illinois employees will be eligible for a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave per year thanks to the Paid Leave Act. Brad Tietz, Vice President of Government Relations and Strategy at the Chi...
Jan 03, 2024
Will the Chicago Bears make any significant changes on ‘Black Monday’?
Jr NFL analyst David Clauss joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss his predictions for the ‘Black Monday’ firings in the NFL, the Chicago Bears’ plans for their first-round pick, an...
Jan 03, 2024
What’s standing in the way of peace between Israel and Palestine?
International Relations prof at the University of Illinois Nicholas Grossman joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss the obstacles hindering peace between Israel and Palestine, if the death of Hamas d...
Jan 03, 2024
On the first PM Chicago of 2024: Mawa Iqbal, WBEZ Statehouse reporter, joins Bret Gogoel to discuss how the elimination of cash bail is working so far in Illinois. Crain's Chicago's Greg Hinz warns us...
Jan 02, 2024
On 2024's first edition of the Closing Bell: Steve Bernas from the Better Business Bureau runs through some resolutions for a fraud-free year. Jason Nathanson from ABC discusses Mickey Mouse's entranc...
Jan 02, 2024
More Chicago suburbs considering regulations for dropping off migrants
Joliet, Woodstock, Buffalo Grove and Hinsdale holding meetings this evening to address the migrant crisis. The suburbs will weigh whether or not to introduce or vote on ordinance that would regulate b...
Jan 02, 2024
“Snowprah Winfrey” – Can you come up with a better name for a Chicago snow plow?
Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Cole Stallard joins Pete McMurray and Lisa Kotara on the Big 89 to announce the approaching deadline for Chicago residents to submit names for snow plows and the cr...
Dec 21, 2023
