Ring in the New Year with live music, comedy, DJ beats, burlesque and bubbly this weekend. Here are 10 parties in and around Chicago.

Higher city property taxes and a slew of new state laws go into effect at the start of the New Year. We give you the rundown.

Watch the Dec. 28, 2016 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

As 2016 comes to a close, what are the smart steps we should be taking with our money? We get tips from a certified financial planner.

It’s no secret that Illinois is in a perilous fiscal situation. But just how bad is it? A new study aims to answer that question definitively.

Despite apparent public support, the question of whether term limits should be imposed on legislators hasn’t made it onto the ballot in Illinois. We discuss the pros and cons.

The Eisenhower Expressway runs beneath the Old Main Post Office, causing one viewer to wonder which came first. Geoffrey Baer delves into the history of these interlinked landmarks in this encore edition of Ask Geoffrey.

A Chicago master of blues and boogie-woogie piano joins us in conversation and performance.

For 83 years, the famous and not-so famous fell in love with the Cape Cod Room. But the iconic Chicago restaurant will soon serve its last meals. We tell you why.

David J. Steiner died Monday while travelling through a small Ugandan village. He was there to screen his film “Saving Barbara Sizemore,” a documentary made with Englewood teens about their fight to keep their charter school open.

Will 2017 be the year you start exercising regularly or eating healthy? If you’re planning on making such a New Year’s resolution, you might want to bake some immediate rewards into your plan of attack.

The newborn female Bornean orangutan joins five other orangutans living at the Brookfield Zoo.

Watch the Dec. 27, 2016 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

The city of Chicago and a generous “secret Santa” stepped in at the eleventh hour to keep a North Side homeless shelter open after months and months of public protest. What does it mean for the city's homeless population?

Longtime religion reporter Kenneth Woodward tells the story of how American religion, culture and politics influenced each other in his latest book.