It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include a Chicago judge ordering “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s case file be unsealed, Mayor Lori Lightfoot replacing the entire Chicago school board, new census numbers saying Chicago lost over 10,000 people last year, President Trump giving 16 billion dollars in aid to farmers, the Sox beating up on the Astros because Eloy Jimenez must listen to Lower Wacker Live, the Cubs thumping the Phillies before their afternoon game today, Drake getting a little to close to the NBA playoff action and The Interview Show‘s Mark Bazer stopping by for a visit.
Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann 5-23-19: “UNSEALED!”

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Marijuana zones, a proposal to ban e-cigarettes and the Jonas Brothers spotted at Chicago barbecue restaurant
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Back to school for CPS, Mayor Lightfoot vs. Senator Cruz and the Bears unveiling statues of Halas and Payton
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The Art Institute’s major makeover, a Chicago ‘congestion tax’ and Chance the Rapper postpones tour
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Uber adding Chicago jobs, Mayor Lightfoot inviting Senator Cruz to Chicago and the world’s largest Starbucks opening on the Magnificent Mile in November
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Impeachment watch, Chicago teachers begin vote to authorize a strike and low customer satisfaction at O’Hare and Midway
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Severe weather hitting the area, the EPA repealing Obama-era clean water rule and the Chicago Sky advancing in the WNBA playoffs
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The Daily Line’s Heather Cherone: “Mayor Lori Lightfoot has had a very tough first six months in office”
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9/11 anniversary, Sean Spicer coming to NEIU and the Chicago Sky open the WNBA playoffs
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Fulton Market district shooting, a Cubs collapse and the Bears on Monday Night Football
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A whistleblower complaint about President Trump, crime up on the CTA and disappearing birds
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Chicago teachers strike looming, disgraced former Alderman Danny Solis still collecting his city pension and the Bears narrowly beating the Broncos
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Flooding in the Chicago area, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticizing Rahm Emanuel and an ‘SNL’ controversy
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Chaos at Woodfield Mall, Chicago Youth Climate Strike and Chicago Bears fans are among the least confident in the NFL