Mike Puente
Reporter and Anchor at WBEZ-FM (Chicago, IL)
Reporter & Weekend Anchor for WBEZ Chicago. Board President for the Chicago Headline Club (SPJ). NAHJ Member; 3-x Chi Marathoner! Go Sox/Bears/Bulls/Indy Fever
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1 month ago |
wbez.org | Mike Puente
Trans advocates are pushing back against a north suburban mom who says her 13-year-old daughter was forced to change in front of a transgender classmate. The controversy at a Middle School in the wealthy North Shore community of Deerfield comes at the same time as a federal complaint has been lodged against Chicago Public Schools and the state board of education for allegedly “forcing students” to share bathrooms and locker rooms with transgender classmates.
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1 month ago |
wbez.org | Mike Puente
Rica Arepa opened a third location just last year. A young couple owns the restaurants and now employs 24 people. But business is way down because President Trump has made many Venezuelans scared to eat out. The owners themselves could face deportation as soon as September. If their business collapses, the impact will extend far beyond their family.
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1 month ago |
wbez.org | Mike Puente
The bird flu epidemic has had a major impact on the poultry industry. It’s also taking the lives of a majestic bird that’s made parts of northern Indiana a popular landing spot.
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2 months ago |
wbez.org | Dave McKinney |Noah Jennings |Mike Puente |Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
President Donald Trump is touting the arrests of thousands of immigrants who he says are dangerous criminals who must be deported. But Chicago attorneys say the reality on the ground is different They say agents are picking up innocent immigrants…often without the required warrant. WBEZ immigration reporter Adriana Cardona Maguigad has more…. HOST: DIXON
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2 months ago |
wbez.org | Noah Jennings |Mike Puente |Adriana Cardona-Maguigad |Dave McKinney
The federal racketeering conspiracy case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain is now in the jury’s hands. Federal prosecutors aggressively made their closing arguments today — even giving the ex-speaker a nickname — Mike “Milquetoast” Madigan. Here to take us inside the intense courtroom scene is WBEZ’s Illinois politics reporter Dave McKinney.
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