Happy Monday, Chicago! It is going to be a breezy, hot, and humid day with a high pushing toward 90 degrees. Don’t forget your umbrella; we have a 30% chance of showers this afternoon. Blackhawks need to win one more game to move on to the next round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Hawks beat the Wild 2-1 last night to take a 3-2 games series lead. Game 6 is tomorrow in St. Paul. On Morning Edition, WBEZ’s Alex Keefe delves into what towns across Illinois are doing to fund pensions for police and firefighters. Unions and municipalities disagree fiercely on what caused the pension funding crisis and what Illinois lawmakers should do to fix it. On The Morning Shift, coping with Alzheimer’s through storytelling. Plus, lost and found photos and sports contributor Sheryl Raye-Stout has a Blackhawks update. At noon on Worldview, the head of the UN’s World Food Program is trying to raise awareness of the desperate food shortage in the Central African Republic. But now she is just as concerned about South Sudan. Jerome McDonnell talks with Earthen Cousin from the World Food Program. And we continue celebrating Short Story month on The Afternoon Shift. Thanks for listening to 91.5 FM and keep streaming at WBEZ.org!
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 11:53:56 +0000
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