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All eyes may be focused on the election, but the state's pension crisis only gets worse.

With five days until the election, how are the campaigns spending their resources--and which voters are they reaching out to? Eddie Arruza and his panel have more. 

The new dean of Northwestern's Medill School stops by for a conversation on how to educate the next generation of journalists.

Art and design reign supreme at the SOFA Art Fair.  We have an advance look at what you can expect to see.

For trauma victims, surviving an attack or disease can seem like the whole battle. But author Laurence Gonzales says “ongoing survival requires relentless attention.”

We have some of your thoughts about whether or not the Electoral College should be abolished in tonight's viewer mail.

There's a new leader for Chicago Public Schools, and ahead of her is the tricky task of deciding what schools to close.

Voter ID laws have made headlines across the country. So, what are the new laws? Who is affected? And what is their purpose?

In tonight's Scientific Chicago, Ash-har Quraishi takes a look at a recent scientific study that delves deep into what happens as we recall events from our past.

After the impact of Hurricane Sandy brought the stock exchange to a halt for two days for the first time since 1888, Kris Kridel of WBBM

Has the conversation about health care gotten too politicized for real reform to happen? We talk with the former Medical Editor for ABC News on how to improve health care in America.

Former Chicago Sun-Times restaurant critic Pat Bruno died Tuesday from a rare brain cancer.

Hurricane Sandy has made landfall out east, but Chicago is keeping its eye on the storm as huge waves churn Lake Michigan.

Flood waters are receding in the northeast as former Hurricane Sandy moves inland. WGN's Tom Skilling joins us with why this storm has been unique and how it's affecting Chicago.