Joel Weisman and his panel look at the week's top stories: Governor Pat Quinn slices $1.4 billion from the state budget; City Hall moves quickly on a new gun-control ordinance for Chicago; former Police Commander Jon Burge is guilty on all counts of lying about police torture under his watch -- and one victim is already filing a suit against him and Former State's Attorney Richard Daley; Rod Blagojevich's lavish clothes spending was revealed in court, along with his plots with aides and his wife to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate; and there will be additional delays this holiday travel weekend courtesy of striking road workers. And in sports, the Bulls get in line to make their pitch to LeBron James and top NBA free agents, plus the Blackhawks continue to dismantle their Stanley Cup-winning team.

Guests:

• Mary Mitchell - Chicago Sun-Times
• Mary Wisniewski - Chicago Sun-Times
• Charles Thomas - ABC 7 News
• David Kaplan - Chicago Tribune and Comcast Sports