Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists talk about no-bid contracts and the impact on unions. And they discuss the latest developments in the case of off-duty Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate’s beating of a Chicago bartender.

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Chicago’s high school dropout rate – about 35 percent – is at the heart of the city’s problems with poverty, violence and unemployment. We delve deeper on a special episode of Chicago Tonight.

Is Chicago on the right path in fighting its chronic high school dropout problem? Our panelists – young people, educators at challenging schools, researchers and thought leaders – answer candid questions from members of our studio audience and viewers at home in a 30-minute web-exclusive conversation.

In Chicago Tonight’s American Graduate Special, we delve deeper into the city’s dropout epidemic.

With a high school dropout rate around 35 percent, Chicago is a city full of out-of-school teenagers.

Students who are truant in their K-8 years are much more likely to drop out of high school later down the road.

We talk with the educators who try to keep kids from falling off the grid, one student and one day at a time.

How do you narrow the college achievement gap between low- and high-income students? A new program in Chicago schools is trying a new strategy: teaching character.

Communities across Chicago are concerned with the city’s alarming high school dropout rate.

A new bipartisan proposal to tackle Illinois' growing pension crisis was unveiled today. We get the latest from Springfield.

Two years ago tomorrow, Toni Preckwinkle became Cook County Board President. She joins us with a look ahead at the rest of her term.

A brand new look for some of the oldest artwork at The Art Institute. We preview newly restored classical works from ancient Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire.

Some are calling it another parking meter deal. Will a plan to build electronic billboards along the expressway help or hurt taxpayers?