WBEZ's Best Game in Town

This week, it's pretty straightforward, and you probably don't need us to tell you: the big story came early (then, repeated often) with Rahm Emanuel's mayoral victory Tuesday.

One of the many remarkable things about the 2011 race for Chicago mayor is the fact that for the first time in the city's 174 year history, there will be two Latino candidates on the ballot. Never before has that happened.

Missed anything this week in Chicago politics? We have you covered with our weekly digest of the best game in town.We're in the final stretch to the municipal race of the century (thus far). So read up and get ready to vote on Tuesday, if you haven't already.

On this week's episode of the WBEZ political podcast The Best Game in Town, historian Rick Perlstein helps us explore the comparisons between Presidents (and Illinoisans) Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan. Perlstein wrote a recent article for Newsweek on the topic.

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On this week's episode of the WBEZ podcast The Best Game in Town, we reflect on the politics of white stuff--and, no, we're not just talking snow.

Missed anything this week in Chicago politics? We have you covered with our weekly digest of the best game in town. Rahm's residency reignsHaven't we used that header before?

Well, it's final: Rahm Emanuel is on the ballot for Chicago mayor, thanks to a decision late Thursday by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Missed anything this week in Chicago politics? We have you covered with our weekly digest of the best game in town. Mayoral meetingsThe week started out with an air of anticipation for the first mayoral debate among all four leading candidates in the race.

In this installment of WBEZ's political podcast The Best Game in Town, we take a dive into the giant pool of money that is campaign cash: How much, where from, to whom and how to.First: a primer on new campaign finance rules in the Prairie State, with Cindi Canary of the Illinois Campaign f

Who knew Fridays could be so short? Better late than never, we're here on a holiday with your weekly digest of the best game in town.

On this week's episode of the WBEZ political podcast The Best Game in town, we talk taxes, from Springfield to the race for Chicago mayor. First, Illinois Public Radio's Amanda Vinicky takes us behind the scenes as the deal went down to raise taxes in Illinois.

Mayoral money, tax talk, and a new Congress commences.Missed anything this week in Chicago politics? We're back after a holiday hiatus with your weekly digest of the best game in town.

Chicago's reputation for hardball politics and public corruption is legendary.  But who knew that reputation was global? We didn't have a clear idea of it ourselves until the BBC World Service called to ask if we'd be willing to collaborate with them on a documentary examining the history

This week on WBEZ's political podcast The Best Game in Town, we recap the biggest stories of the year and get the dish on the top political players of 2010 (hint: one of them is pictured above).

This week on our political podcast "The Best Game in Town," we talk with NPR's David Schaper, Democratic political strategist Kitty Kurth, and the Chicago Sun-Times' Laura Washington about mayoral forums, and the dominating political news item this week: Rahm's residency.

Rahm's residency, Meeks on minorities, and a Ryan request Missed anything this week in Chicago politics?

This week on our political podcast The Best Game in town, Sam Hudzik takes us inside a preliminary hearing on the challenges to Rahm Emanuel's mayoral candidacy. And a visitor from abroad examines Chicago's corruption.

Debating debates, DREAM Act, and DADTMissed anything this week in Chicago-area politics? Never fear! WBEZ elections producer Kristin Moo here, and I've beefed up my Google Reader and perked up my ears to keep track for you.

In our latest installment, we turn from style and sizzle to steak and, er, turkeys. Yes, we took a big bite out of the major issues and key challenges facing the next mayor of Chicago this week - from pensions to police redeployment, from parking meters to public housing and education.

This week on our Illinois political podcast Best Game in Town:Mayoral campaigns tout their own diversity, and what's in a petition signature? More than you might think. We find out all the tricks of the trade when it comes to bouncing candidates off the ballot.

This week on our Illinois political podcast Best Game in Town: We talk with the Reverend Jesse Jackson about finding a consensus candidate for Chicago mayor in the African-American community, and political scientist Maria de los Angeles Torres gives us the breakdown on Latino candidates and concerns

This week on our Illinois political podcast Best Game in Town: We meet up at Gene & Georgetti for a conversation about the final stages of the campaigns for governor, senate and the Illinois house.

This week on Best Game in Town: MSNBC's Chris Matthews brought his popular cable talk show Hardball to Chicago this week and host Steve Edwards caught up with him to talk about Illinois' congressional races and a status report on President Obama.

This week on the Best Game in Town: We gather three political consultants to talk about the week that was. And this week was all about ads. Dave Kohn, Jeff Leitner and Delmarie Cobb join host Steve Edwards to talk through the final weeks of the various campaigns.

This week on Best Game in Town: We're less than a month away from the state-wide election. Host Steve Edwards brings together a panel of political insiders to give us a gut-check on the status of some of the tight races, including U.S. Senate and Illinois Governor.

This week on the Best Game in Town: We head to Chicago's Daley Plaza to talk about the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and the rest of the week's political news with NPR's David Schaper and Crain's Chicago Business Columnist Greg Hinz.

It's Friday, which means it is time for our political program, Best Game in Town. As the race for mayor becomes the race to raise dollars, a quirk in the new fundraising law may make holiday parties an expensive proposition.

This week on Best Game in Town: It is all about campaigns and corned beef. We broadcast from the legendary Manny's Deli on Chicago's near South Side. Chicago City Clerk Miguel De Valle and State Senator Ricky Hendon join Steve Edwards to discuss their candidacies for Chicago mayor.

Here is our weekly podcast "Best Game in Town." This round-up of the week in Illinois politics airs every Friday on WBEZ. No offense to the Bears' home opener, but the best game in town this week is at City Hall. Daley is out, a million people want in.

The third episode of our political podcast is ready for your consumption. Each week, we wrap up the political news of the week with reporters, analysts, pundits and political junkies.

 Every Friday, we produce a political segment called "The Best Game in Town." This week, we take a trip over to the famed Chicago steakhouse Gene & Georgetti for a political luncheon with 40+ political analysts, pundits, reporters and politicians.

We are launching a new segment today called "Best Game in Town." It's a segment covering the 2010 election and will be aired on WBEZ every Friday.