At a court hearing Wednesday, lawyers for a pair of local activists argued that the Lincoln Yards megadevelopment on Chicago’s North Side should not be eligible for $1.3 billion in tax increment financing.

Morning Shift talks with two reporters who have been covering Lincoln Yards, including the Tribune reporter who published a bombshell of a story in August about how the project was forced through during the waning days of the Emanuel administration.

GUESTS: Hal Dardick, reporter at the Chicago Tribune

Linda Lutton, WBEZ education reporter