Brenda Ruiz
Producer, Reset
Stories by Brenda Ruiz
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How would the mayoral candidates address declining CPS enrollment?
The next mayor will inherit a bevy of challenges when it comes to Chicago Public Schools, including addressing a CPS budget deficit, declining enrollment and an end to the school closure moratorium. Reset learns how the mayoral candidates will approach these challenges. GUEST: Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter
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WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Feb. 3, 2023
This week the city pushed to open a former Woodlawn school’s doors for migrants and R. Kelly’s case in Cook County was dropped.
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Woodlawn residents question converting former Wadsworth school into temporary migrant shelter
Residents say they wanted more say in the decision.
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Chicago migrants faces challenges accessing mental health care
Experts say migrants experience high levels of stress from the journey and the uncertainty of their legal status in the U.S.
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Lunar New Year must-eats in Chicago’s Chinatown
Here’s your guide to a lucky (and delicious) start to the Year of the Rabbit.
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New season of WBEZ’s ‘Motive’ podcast Chicago anti-violence workers
‘Motive’ Season 5 is out Jan. 26.
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New grant aims to bolster Chicago’s hidden neighborhood gems
The $5.5 million grant will expand efforts already underway in other neighborhoods across Chicago.
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Chicago Asian Americans reflect on Lunar New Year after California mass shooting
A mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park killed 11 people and injured nine more.
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UIC faculty reach a tentative agreement, end strike
The deal ends the union’s second strike in nine years.
