Eight Forty-Eight 7.12.11

Eight Forty-Eight 7.12.11
2011 has been a banner year for weather in Chicago. Flickr/discopalace
Eight Forty-Eight 7.12.11
2011 has been a banner year for weather in Chicago. Flickr/discopalace

Eight Forty-Eight 7.12.11

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Eight Forty-Eight talks with NBC 5’s Ginger Zee about the wild weather this summer in Chicago—and then Chicagoans share their plans to beat the heat. Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad discusses the new citywide reimbursement policy. Political scientist Laurel Harbridge talks with Eight Forty-Eight to dissect the details from both sides of the budget deficit debate.  And Althea Legaspi reports on Chicago’s annual tastemaker event, the Pitchfork Music Festival - and the boutique booking agencies that manage the acts on stage.