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Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review: 6/15

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

Weekend Events Around Town: 6/15-6/17

Need some ideas for what to do this weekend? Chicago Tonight knows what is going on!

Quinn Signs Medicaid Cuts

Gov. Pat Quinn signs a package of bills to save Medicaid from financial collapse. But the result is steep cuts to many in Illinois who rely on the coverage. Ash-har Quraishi has the details.

Health Care Law Analysis

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the controversial Affordable Care Act is expected in the next two weeks. A noted law professor and a health care specialist join us with their thoughts on how the justices may rule, and the implications of the decision.

E. J. Dionne

Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. talks about the growing political polarization in the U.S. and his new book, Our Divided Political Heart.

Salvation Army Center Set to Open

How can a water park change lives? We take a look at a new community center on the far south side that hopes to do just that.

Mason Bates

A nightclub setting will host members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. We speak with the composer and DJ who is bringing the two worlds together.

Gays in the Military

We take another look at how lesbian and gay sailors are making waves -- and history -- at the Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, as well as at the White House.

Viewer Mail: 6/14

We asked if you would support a teachers' strike. We read what some of you had to say in Viewer Mail.

Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman

In an exclusive interview with Chicago Tonight, Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman weighs in on Chicago's new infrastruc

Insider View from Infrastructure Trust Board Nominee

The mayor's new infrastructure trust board was named this week. We talk with the only elected official in the group about protecting the public interest.

International Baccalaureate Program

A Chicago Public Schools program that gets students into better colleges and helps them stay there is expanding. Elizabeth Brackett has the story.

Illinois Students Report from Turkey

U of I students tell us how a recent reporting trip to Turkey challenged their views of the world.

"Groupon's Biggest Deal Ever"

A new book has the scoop on why Groupon leaders turned down $6 billion from Google. We speak with the author.

Chicago Business News: 6/13

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon gets a light grilling by the Senate after one of the bank's so-called hedging strategies loses $3 billion.