CCI Radio Hour: June 16, 2014

CCI Radio Hour: June 16, 2014

June 16, 2014 show Are you ready for the third annual Fortnight for Freedom, set to begin this Saturday? Bishop Paprocki of the diocese of Springfield serves on the Religious Freedom Committee of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops, and outlines why the fight for...
CCI Radio Hour: May 19, 2014

CCI Radio Hour: May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014 show What's up with POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment), and Senate Bill 3076? Ethicist Amy Martin from Presence Health joins Bob to clear up the confusion, noting the voluntary form "is meant to be protective of the...
CCI Radio Hour: April 21, 2014

CCI Radio Hour: April 21, 2014

April 21, 2014 show Bob kicks off this month's show by talking with Cara Smith, executive director of the Department of Corrections at the Cook County Sheriff's Office, about a legislative initiative from her office that takes an innovative approach to...
CCI Radio Hour: March 17, 2014

CCI Radio Hour: March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014 show Illinois primary election is tomorrow, so Bob talks about the GOP race for governor and the hotly contested legislative races in the Chicagoland area with Dr. Chris Mooney, director of the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and...
CCI Radio Hour: Feb. 24, 2014

CCI Radio Hour: Feb. 24, 2014

Feb. 24, 2014 show CCI Executive Director Bob Gilligan takes on the debate over increasing the minimum wage by talking with folks on both ends of the opinion spectrum. First, Kim Bobo, founder and executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice, talks about why we...
CCI Radio Hour: Jan. 27, 2014

CCI Radio Hour: Jan. 27, 2014

Jan. 27, 2014 show CCI staffers Marilou Gervacio and Zach Wichmann join Bob to talk about the 2014 spring legislative session, which begins on Jan. 29 with the governor's State of the State address. Bob is then joined by Jerry Dykstra of Open Doors USA, an...