This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review, Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveils his $6.3 billion budget which doubles water and sewer fees over the next four years. The mayor also wants to increase various taxes, fines, hotel and parking fees to raise $220 million. The CTA is cutting staff, and changing sick time and vacation leave policies to reduce its massive deficit. The “Occupy Wall Street” protests grow bigger both here and around the country. Stuart Levine is revealing all on the witness stand in the corruption trial of political powerbroker William Cellini. And in sports, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts lands his dream general manager: Red Sox whiz kid Theo Epstein. And the White Sox officially welcome Robin Ventura as manager.
Guests:
- Greg Hinz, Crain’s Chicago Business
- Michael Tarm, Associated Press
- Laura Washington, Chicago Sun-Times and ABC-7 News
- Lester Munson, ESPN
Here is a roundup of Chicago Tonight‘s web stories from this week:
Monday, October 10:
- Sen. Mark Kirk & Sen. Dick Durbin
- Chicago Business News
- Mayor Daley Biographer
Tuesday, October 11:
- Occupy Chicago
- Bears Alumni Club: Jim Schwantz
- Trauma Centers: Natalie Moore
- Junior Paleontologists
- Brian Gladstein: Executive Director of Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
- Cornell Boxes
Wednesday, October 12:
- Mayor Emanuel's First Budget Proposal
- Cellini Trial Update
- Red Summer
- Scientific Chicago with Neil Shubin: Penguins, ADHD, Tevatron & Leonardo da Vinci
- Mary Poppins
Thursday, October 13:
- City Clerk Susana Mendoza
- The Battle for Bats
- Falling into Place: Confluence of Conditions Creates Spectacular Chicago Autumn
- Catholicism
- Open House Chicago
- Red
- Chicago Tonight Archive: Apple in 1985
- Viewer Mail: CTA Fare Hike
Friday, October 14:
- Weekend Events Around Town: 10/14-10/16
