Justine Tobiasz

Sep 30, 2024 | wbez.org | Courtney Kueppers |Justine Tobiasz |Robert Herguth |Tony Arnold

Jimmy Carter needs no introduction, then-WBEZ host Ken Davis joked on July 8, 1988, as he proceeded to introduce the former president. The 39th president was in Chicago on that particularly hot summer day to promote his latest book An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections. He joined Davis and his colleague Sondra Gair in the WBEZ studios. By then, Carter, who was 63 at the time, had been out of office for eight years, following his definitive defeat in the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan.

Sep 28, 2024 | wbez.org | Robert Herguth |Nader Issa |Courtney Kueppers |Justine Tobiasz

Four janitorial companies and executives sharing in $330 million in new contracts with the Chicago Public Schools to clean hundreds of buildings had contributed to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign fund several months before the bidding got underway last year, records show.

Sep 27, 2024 | wbez.org | Courtney Kueppers |Justine Tobiasz |Tony Arnold |Dave McKinney

Jimmy Carter needs no introduction, then-WBEZ host Ken Davis joked on July 8, 1988, as he proceeded to introduce the former president. The 39th president, who turns 100 on Tuesday, was in Chicago on that particularly hot summer day to promote his latest book An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections. He joined Davis and his colleague Sondra Gair in the WBEZ studios. Carter entered at-home hospice care in February 2023, deciding to forgo any further medical treatments.