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Apr 25, 2025
Alexi Giannoulias Under Fire
Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is defending his decision to buy a government vehicle with funds from a state college savings program. Rich Samuels tells us about this controversial purchase by a man who is contemplating a run for the U.S. Senate.
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Alexi Giannoulias Under Fire
Apr 25, 2025
News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
County Board President Todd Stroger's controversial sales tax hike has been repealed. Elizabeth Brackett talks to some county commissioners about today's surprising move.
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News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
Apr 25, 2025
News Analysis with Carol Marin
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has backed away from his promise to veto a repeal of the one percent county sales tax increase. Carol Marin sits down with a panel of county commissioners to find out what comes next.
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News Analysis with Carol Marin
Apr 25, 2025
Former Alderman Leon Despres Dies
Former Chicago alderman Leon Despres died today at the age of 101. Despres was an outspoken reformer who spent two decades in the city council as a thorn in the side of Mayor Richard J. Daley and the regular Democratic organization. We take a look back at his life.
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Former Alderman Leon Despres Dies
Apr 25, 2025
News Analysis with Eddie Arruza
Non-union city employees will take unpaid vacation and furlough days in a series of cost-cutting measures. Mayor Daley says he would like unionized employees to do the same. But will that help close an estimated $300 billion shortfall? Eddie Arruza and his panel weigh in.
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News Analysis with Eddie Arruza
Apr 25, 2025
Viewer Mail
We hear what you had to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.
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Viewer Mail
Apr 25, 2025
News Analysis with Carol Marin
It's crunch time in Springfield. State lawmakers have until the end of May to enact ethics reform and fill a projected budget gap of about $10 billion. Carol Marin and a panel of state legislators take up the issues.
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News Analysis with Carol Marin
Apr 25, 2025
The Drew Peterson Law
Drew Peterson has been arrested for murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio. We talk to a couple of legal experts about a controversial hearsay law that is at the heart of the prosecution's case.
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The Drew Peterson Law
Apr 25, 2025
News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is holding firm to his threat to veto a sales tax repeal by disgruntled Cook County commissioners. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel have the very latest on the county tax revolt.
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News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
Apr 25, 2025
News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
There are only two weeks to go in this Illinois legislative season, and lawmakers have yet to commit to major ethics reform. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel take a look at what changes, if any, might come to Springfield.
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News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
Apr 25, 2025
City Council Update
Chicago aldermen voted today 48-0 to forbid the sale of baby bottles that use the chemical bisphenol A, known as BPA. Rich Samuels was there, and has the latest on this story and the other issues taken up at today's City Council meeting.
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City Council Update
Apr 25, 2025
News Analysis with Eddie Arruza
Mayor Daley has asked all city employees for sacrifices to help deal with a deteriorating fiscal situation. But is City Council doing its part? Eddie Arruza and a panel of aldermen weigh in.
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News Analysis with Eddie Arruza
Apr 25, 2025
Stimulus Funds
The cash-strapped CTA uses one of the first stimulus grants for transportation to make badly needed track repairs on the Blue Line. Elizabeth Brackett reports on the impact of federal stimulus funds on the region's economy.
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Stimulus Funds
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