Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka died at age 70 after suffering a stroke.

The University of Chicago and UIC are going head to head in the race to land the Obama Presidential Library. Final submissions are due to the Obama Foundation Thursday.

Geoffrey Baer answers your questions about visiting local museums for free, camels in Chicago, and how to get to Remittance Drive in this web exclusive edition of Ask Geoffrey.

The University of Chicago and the University of Illinois-Chicago are going head to head on their plans to lure the Obama Presidential Library and Museum to Chicago.

A new report updates the percentage of Chicago Public Schools' ninth-graders who will graduate from college by the time they turn 25.

We visit the Chicago Cultural Center and the MCA to discover the steel sculptures of Chicago's internationally acclaimed sculptor Richard Hunt.

The holiday season is upon us which means a rundown of winter planting and festive decor with Eliza Fournier from the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Chicago may soon require many gas stations to sell gas with a higher blend of ethanol.

State Sen. Daniel Biss discusses a new workplace retirement program that was just approved in Springfield and will impact 2.5 million Illinois workers.

Critics say video gambling cafés are proliferating in a loophole of the state's video gambling law.

Former Illinois State Rep. Keith Farnham pleaded guilty to a federal charge of transporting child pornography today.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss this week’s headlines.

Joel Weisman and his guests continue their conversation online with a comparison of the recent Ferguson and NYC protests with Vietnam War-era protests.  

A Polar Palooza, Chicago Book Expo, and Caroling at Cloud Gate; Chicago Tonight knows what’s going on this weekend.

A Chicago mentoring program that strives to ensure that 100 percent of participating students graduate high school, enter college, and gain skills to succeed in the workplace, participates in The White House College Opportunity Day of Action.