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His column sits prominently in the front of the paper, where the ghost of Mike Royko still hovers. He rails against the corruption, sweetheart deals, and the trademark tomfoolery of city and county government. I’m talking about John Kass of the Chicago Tribune.

Managing the challenges and capitalizing on the opportunities, Robin Hambleton argues, requres a shift from government to governance.  And he says the leaders who can effectively bring together public, private, civic, community and corporate entities to common solutions will have a leg up.

For the 2012 competition they've teamed up with neighborhood news site EveryBlock.

Imagine you’re a professional musician. You’ve got talent and a lot of moxie.

Today on the 3@3, the review of the news of the week with NPR's Cheryl Corley and WBEZ's Rob Wildeboer.

On Friday's Afternoon Shift we look at stories related to green issues, green blocks, EveryBlock and voting blocks. First as Earth Day approaches we examine those things that block us from being green.

In theory, it’s easy to get behind a green lifestyle.  Not many of us actively want to waste resources or damage the Earth.  But in reality, going green isn’t always that simple.