Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez joins us to discuss her efforts to fight human trafficking.

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Tonight's panel discusses the week's top headlines; U.S. Senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias' family bank is on the brink of collapse; Chicago's longstanding hand gun ban is facing a Supreme Court challenge; the University of Illinois is considering hiking their tuition 20%; Chicago ministers are throwing their support behind another Walmart; and Bulls players are battling the injury bug.

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Now that State Senator Kirk Dillard has conceded to State Senator Bill Brady, the Republican ticket for the general election is set. Carol Marin breaks down the race for governor.

We remember Chicago activist and labor leader Frank Lumpkin, who died earlier this month.

Chicago tour boat and barge operators are up in arms about one of the proposals for keeping invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan -- periodic closures of locks and of the Chicago River itself. Our Geoffrey Baer joins us to help clarify this controversial issue.

Governor Quinn presented a state budget for what he calls "a crisis of epic proportions" and his proposals are already drawing fire. Eddie Arruza tells us what the governor wants.

Carol Marin and her panel take a closer look at the governor's fiscal plan.

Some businesses are benefiting from more plentiful loans being made available by the Small Business Administration. Diane Eastabrook of the Nightly Business Report shows us some local examples of these loans in action.

Is O'Hare the least secure airport in in the nation? That's what the airport's former security chief says. Carol Marin sits down with the former security head to discuss those claims, his pending lawsuit, and more.

We have your reaction to the governor's budget address when we read our viewer mail.

The president of the Commercial Club of Chicago says that if a private company operated as Illinois does, it would have been bankrupt and out of business long ago. We hear from Commercial Club President Eden Martin about the club's reaction to Governor Quinn's budget plan, unveiled yesterday.