The City of Chicago is expanding the planned parade route for the 2015 Stanley Cup Champions. Paris Schutz details why the route is being doubled and the City Council’s vote to approve a $1.1 billion borrowing plan.

A Cook County judge ruled Friday that Chicago's plan to change city workers’ pensions was unconstitutional. The city vows to appeal the decision. We look at the ruling, whether any pension reform can be constitutional, what the consequences are to the city's plummeting bond rating, and whether the city will have to raise taxes to cover the pension liability. 

A little more than eight years ago, Barack Obama gave his presidential acceptance speech in Grant Park. Tuesday, he’ll bookend his presidency with a much anticipated farewell address at McCormick Place.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has vowed to “force a reckoning” on the issue of pensions, which she called “the biggest problem” facing Chicago’s finances.

Chicago Public Schools students are back to in-person learning but tensions still surround the CTU. A new entrant is set to join the Republican candidates in the governor’s race. Mayor Lightfoot gets COVID-19. And the Bears search for a new general manager and head coach.

Major national figures are in town as local midterm races go down to the wire. Mayor Lightfoot is facing a budget revolt. The Bears pull off huge trades and hedge for the future while the White Sox name a new manager.

The president’s direction came as the DNC rules committee gathered in Washington on Friday to vote on shaking up the presidential primary calendar starting in 2024. Members now expect to approve new rules putting South Carolina first, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada on the same day a week later.

As expected, lawmakers turned away Roland Burris as he tried to be seated in the U.S. Senate. Eddie Arruza and his panel discuss what is next for the man who seeks to replace President-elect Obama in the Senate.

Tonight's panel discusses the week's top headlines: Controversial pick Roland Burris sworn in by the U.S. Senate; politicians are lining up to fill Rahm Emanuel's vacant congressional seat; Gov. Blagojevich swears in the Illinois state senators presiding over his upcoming impeachment trial; the Chicago Tribune unveiling a tabloid edition on Monday; investors feeling queasy after another wild week on Wall Street; and Bears coach Lovie Smith taking charge of the defense next season.

On the eve before Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president, Eddie Arruza and his panel discuss the meaning behind this historic inauguration and Elizabeth Bracket joins us live from our nation's capitol with the latest on the festivities.

Rod Blagojevich has been ousted from office, but the state's fiscal and funding problems remain. We hear from State Rep. Julie Hamos and State Sen. Kirk Dillard about what is next for Springfield.

We talk to a former FBI agent about what is involved in letting someone know they have been intercepted on a wire-tapped phone.

Senator Roland Burris held a short press conference today where he addressed the controversy over conversations he had with former Governor Rod Blagojevich's administration regarding his appointment to the U.S. Senate. We watch his entire statement.