Eight Forty-Eight 1.27.11

Eight Forty-Eight 1.27.11
Reputed mafia crime boss Sam Giancana appears before Senates Labor Rackets Committee hearing. Getty/Ed Clark
Eight Forty-Eight 1.27.11
Reputed mafia crime boss Sam Giancana appears before Senates Labor Rackets Committee hearing. Getty/Ed Clark

Eight Forty-Eight 1.27.11

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DePaul University’s Joe Schwieterman reviewed the Chicago Transit Authority’s plans to modernize the Red and Purple lines and how a court ruling blocking Gov. Quinn’s capital program might affect renovations. And WBEZ’s education reporter Linda Lutton offered a quick and dirty guide to Wednesday night’s Chicago Board of Education meeting in the latest Cheat Sheet installment. Then Eight Forty-Eight spoke with the filmmakers behind a forthcoming documentary on reputed organized crime boss, Sam Giancana.