© 2025 WSIU Public Broadcasting
WSIU Public Broadcasting
Member-Supported Public Media from Southern Illinois University
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

State Week: A show of force

State Week 23 logo (capitol dome)
Brian Mackey
/
NPR Illinois

Armed agents in military fatigues patrolled downtown Chicago last weekend. The image sent a message as the Trump Administration continues with its immigration enforcement blitz. We discuss the impact the arrests and the threat of enforcement is having in the city.

Our panel also weighs in on the Chicago Bears latest effort to build a new stadium in suburban Arlington Heights and what the team wants from taxpayers.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell.

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
As a WSIU donor, you don’t simply watch or listen to public media programs, you are a partner. By making a gift, you help WSIU produce, purchase, and broadcast programs you care about and enjoy – every day of the year.