It appears that the merger between Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways has been cleared for take-off.

What classifies an American as rich? One University of Chicago law school professor has triggered a national debate with his blog.

We hear what you have to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.

On tonight's edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week In Review -- The campaign season heats up with Governor Quinn fighting back in response

Senator Bill Brady continues to pound Governor Quinn on the deal forged with AFSCME to cut health care costs and defer pay raises in exch

A bipartisan reform group says education in Illinois just isn't making the grade.

50 years ago this week, candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy met in Chicago for the first televised presidential debate.

We go inside the mind of the man who created the Muppets.

Before he was famous, Mike Royko honed his writing skills in love letters to his future wife. We talk to their son David Royko.

Three viewers wrote in to ask Geoffrey Baer about some apparent rail lines recently exposed on North Lincoln Avenue.

Should the state's budget problems be solved with tax hikes, or budget cuts and pension reforms?

Carol Marin sits down with famed feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem.

Proper use of the English language matters--that was the contention of longtime NBC news correspondent and anchor Edwin Newman, who died