Trading pork belly futures is a thing of the past. WBBM Newsradio 780's Kris Kridel joins us with the business stories of the day, including famous Chicago homes on the market.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pitting two private garbage companies against city workers for Chicago's recycling services. Carol Marin and her panel look at this and the showdown over work rules and 625 announced layoffs to close the city's budget shortfall.

This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review, Monday's violent storm leaves a mess in its 75 mph wake and hundreds of thousands without power. It was a busy week at City Hall with Mayor Rahm Emanuel cutting city agency credit cards, elected officials' security details, huge vacation payouts and announcing layoff notices to 625 of the city's union workers. Illinois' leading real estate organization admits grossly overstating prices of homes sold in Chicago, possibly going back as far as 2008.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid paints a bleak picture of what will happen if Congress can't strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Eddie Arruza and our economic panel discuss how the U.S. and European financial crises could impact your bottom line.

Radio personality Steve Dahl just announced he's offering subscriptions to his podcasts. The industry veteran joins us to discuss the changing landscape of communications.

Some South Side residents are angry over major construction projects and beach restoration along the south lake shore. Elizabeth Brackett has the story. Ald. Leslie Hairston List of South Side parks

Security details for Chicago officials remain a source of controversy. Eddie Arruza tells us what Mayor Rahm Emanuel had to say about that ongoing debate.

Is gambling expansion a safe bet to solve the state's financial woes? We address the issue with State Rep. Lou Lang and State Rep. Jack Franks.

BROKE, USA Do payday lenders and pawn shops offer a valuable service to the working poor or do they exploit their customers? We talk to Gary Rivlin, the author of a new book who says there is a "poverty industry" that takes advantage of people in need.

President Barack Obama continues to push for a deal on raising the debt ceiling. But can it get done? And what happens if it doesn't? Illinois Senator Mark Kirk joins Carol Marin with more.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is cutting up Chicago's credit cards. Comptroller Amer Ahmad tells us about the city's latest cost-cutting and scandal-reducing measures.

There is new competition for ComEd as gas company Nicor enters the residential electricity market. WBBM Newsradio 780's Kris Kridel joins us to talk about what that could mean for Chicago consumers.

This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review, Mayor Rahm Emanuel ushers in a new era of ethics reforms in city government. A vicious beating and stabbing in Lakeview brings renewed fear to the city. Former top cop Jody Weis is hired by the Chicago Crime Commission. State workers lose their raises as Gov. Pat Quinn cuts nearly $400 million from the state budget. City Council approves gun ranges in Chicago. Summer travel costs you more as airlines raise rates. And in sports, bypassed Paul Konerko is finally voted an all-star as the Sox struggle to reach .500.

Gov. Pat Quinn whacks an additional $376 million from the state's budget, signing it hours before the deadline. Eddie Arruza and his panel examine whether the cuts to Medicaid and school spending are enough to help ease Illinois' fiscal crisis.

WBBM Newsradio 780's Kris Kridel joins us to discuss Chicago's push to boost sagging tourism figures, new plans to renovate Navy Pier and other top business headlines.

It was once one of the most powerful media conglomerates in the U.S. -- then came a new buyer, bankruptcy and an $8 billion buyout. So what really happened to the Tribune Company? Former Chicago Tribune managing editor James O'Shea discusses his tell-all book: The Deal From Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers.