Focus
WILL - Focus - October 16, 2012 ~
Rodney Davis, Republican Candidate for the 13th Illinois Congressional District
Host: Craig Cohen
This election season, Focus is providing you with the opportunity to speak directly with the candidates in two key races – those running for Illinois’ newly-drawn 13th Congressional District seat, and the candidates seeking to represent you in Illinois’ 52nd State Senate District. We continue today with the Republican candidate running for Congress in Illinois’ 13th district, Rodney Davis. He faces Democrat David Gill and Independent John Hartman – all three candidates are vying to replace retiring Congressman Tim Johnson. This is the first election taking place in the 13th District since it was re-drawn, and it now covers a lot of territory, stretching from Champaign/Urbana all the way to communities like Collinsville and Edwardsville in the Metro East of St. Louis. Along its winding path, It also includes the central Illinois cities of Bloomington/Normal, Decatur, and Springfield.
WILL - Focus - October 10, 2012 ~
David Gill, Democratic Candidate for the 13th Illinois Congressional District
Host: Craig Cohen
This election season, Focus is providing you with the opportunity to speak directly with the candidates in two key races – those running for Illinois’ newly-drawn 13th Congressional District seat, and the candidates seeking to represent you in Illinois’ 52nd State Senate District. We continue today with the Democratic candidate running for Congress in Illinois’ 13th district, David Gill. He faces Republican Rodney Davis and Independent John Hartman – all three candidates are vying to replace retiring Congressman Tim Johnson. This is the first election taking place in the 13th District since it was re-drawn, and it now covers a lot of territory, stretching from Champaign/Urbana all the way to communities like Collinsville and Edwardsville in the Metro East of St. Louis. Along its winding path, It also includes the central Illinois cities of Bloomington/Normal, Decatur, and Springfield.
WILL - Focus - October 09, 2012 ~
Allan Lichtman, Distinguished Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences, American University
John S. Jackson, Visiting Professor, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University
Host: Craig Cohen
It's a natural tendency, each Presidential election year, to compare how the campaign is playing out to what happened during previous elections. How is 2012 like 2008? 2004? While every election brings its own issues, and conditions, and the electorate itself changes, there may well be some lessons to be learned from recent history, that can tell us why this year’s campaign is playing out as it is. We’ll explore parallels between the 2012 Presidential election and elections from the past 50+ years.
WILL - Focus - October 01, 2012 ~
State Sen. Michael W. Frerichs, State Senator and Democratic Candidate to the Illinois State Senate from the 52nd State Legislative District
Host: Craig Cohen
Focus is providing you with the opportunity to speak directly with the candidates in the 13th Congressional District race and the 52nd State Senate District race. We continue with the Democrat running for the Illinois Senate from the 52nd District, incumbent Michael W. Frerichs. He faces Republican challenger John Bambenek this November. (Bambenek appeared on the program September 13th).
WILL - Focus - September 25, 2012 ~
Dick Simpson, Professor and Department Head, Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Former Chicago Alderman
James D. Nowlan, Senior Fellow in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois
Richard F. Winters, William Clinton Story Remsen 1943 Professor of Government at Dartmouth and former Co-Editor of State Politics and Policy Quarterly
Host: Craig Cohen
In recent years, Illinoisans have seen two governors imprisoned and their state become the punchline of national jokes. How much of the perception of Illinois is based in reality? Is Illinois more corrupt than other states? We'll talk with two veterans of Illinois politics and a professor from Dartmouth who are taking part in the Ethics and Reform Symposium on Illinois Government in Chicago September 27 and 28.
WILL - Focus - September 18, 2012 ~
John Hartman, Independent Candidate for the 13th Illinois Congressional District
Host: Craig Cohen
This election season, Focus is providing you with the opportunity to speak directly with the candidates in two key races – those running for Illinois’ newly-drawn 13th Congressional District seat, and the candidates seeking to represent you in Illinois’ 52nd State Senate District. We continue today with the Independent candidate running for Congress in Illinois’ 13th district, John Hartman. He faces Democrat David Gill and Republican Rodney Davis – all three candidates are vying to replace retiring Congressman Tim Johnson. This is the first election taking place in the 13th District since it was re-drawn, and it now covers a lot of territory, stretching from Champaign/Urbana all the way to communities like Collinsville and Edwardsville in the Metro East of St. Louis. Along its winding path, It also includes the central Illinois cities of Bloomington/Normal, Decatur, and Springfield.
WILL - Focus - September 13, 2012 ~
John Bambenek, Republican Candidate for the Illinois Senate from the 52nd State Legislative District
Host: Craig Cohen
In the coming weeks, Focus will provide you with the opportunity to speak directly with the candidates in the 13th Congressional District race, and the 52nd State Senate District race. We'll begin with the Republican running for the Illinois Senate from the 52nd District, John Bambanek. He faces Democratic incumbent Mike Frerichs this November. (Frerichs will appear on the program October 1st).
WILL - Focus - September 06, 2012 ~
Claudia Lennhoff, Executive Director, Champaign County Health Care Consumers
John Katsinas, Manager, Barham Benefit Group, Champaign
Host: Craig Cohen
Perhaps no single issue has been more politicized the last four years than health care. After more than a year of especially rancorous debate and discussion in Congress, and in town halls across America, this country’s health care system began an overhaul through passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. That law has set a number of changes in motion – not the least of which is a requirement for most Americans to have health insurance, or pay what the Supreme Court ruled this summer amounts to a tax. The Affordable Care Act has also addressed everything from providing relief to seniors who faced a Medicare prescription drug “donut hole,” to providing Americans under 26 with a chance to remain on their parents’ health insurance, to new regulations ensuring patients aren’t dropped from coverage due to pre-existing conditions. The Affordable Care Act is designed do more in the coming years, including funding for state Medicaid programs geared towards preventive care, and the establishment of insurance exchanges, state to state, in 2014.
We thought it would be helpful to provide an hour in which we walk through what is and is not in the legislation, what is and is not already in place, and what it all means for your personal health care. We welcome any questions you have about the health care system, as we seek to take the politics out of it, and focus instead, on how the system works, and what you, as a health care consumer, ought to know about it.
WILL - Focus - August 15, 2012 ~
Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D., the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, Stern School of Business, New York University
Host: David Inge
As we pass through life, we make snap judgments about other people and the things they do. To us, these judgments feel like self-evident truths, making us certain that those who see things differently are wrong. Jonathan Hite calls this moral intuition. He says it varies across cultures, including the cultures of the right and left. We’ll explore the ideas in Jonathan Hite’s new book "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion."
This is a repeat broadcast from Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 10 am
WILL - Focus - August 03, 2012 ~
Richard C. Harwood, Founder and President of The Harwood Institue for Public Innovation
Host: David Inge
We are often told that Americans have given up on politics. But, if they have, it’s not because they don’t care. We’ll talk with someone who has spent the last 20 years helping individuals and organizations identify the issues that matter most in their communities. Our guest will be Richard Harwood, founder of the Harwood Institute. We’ll talk about the ongoing work of the Institute--encouraging people to think differently about politics and public life. He'll tell us about some of the comments he heard in listening sessions in communities across the country, including ours.
This is a repeat broadcast from Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10 am
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