Should larger, heavier vehicles pay more for a Chicago city sticker? We have some of your thoughts in tonight's Viewer Mail.

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

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

Is it for safety, or to make money? Chicago red-light cameras may soon also issue speeding citations.

Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross joins Eddie Arruza to talk about the many contentious issues facing lawmakers in next week’s fall veto session.

An examination by the Chicago News Cooperative says that despite the highly touted efforts by the mayor, many crime-ridden police distric

Broadway meets the Bard when a Stephen Sondheim show hits the stage at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Find out why the theater’s 25th anniversary season opens with a big, splashy musical.

We find out about the history of the Bud Billiken parade on the South Side, and learn about Washington Park and Woodlawn in tonight's edi

The original music makers of Mary Poppins tell us how the movie was re-imagined for the Broadway stage.

We hear what you had to say about red-light cameras potentially issuing speeding citations when we read some of our viewer mail.

Car traffic in Chicago may soon be forced to slow down. Chicago Tonight has learned that a new proposal in Springfield would authorize the city to format red-light cameras in city intersections to detect speeders and automatically issue citations. Paris Schutz has the EXCLUSIVE details.

ComEd is pushing hard for legislation to raise rates in exchange for a massive infrastructure upgrade. Is an override of Gov. Pat Quinn's veto coming? Carol Marin looks at the "smart grid" controversy.

The Chicago Transit Authority will not increase fares or cut services in 2012 under a budget proposal outlined Wednesday by CTA President Forrest Claypool. But the plan relies heavily on union cooperation.  Ash-har Quraishi has the story.

There is a national push to eradicate bullying. Are schools doing enough to combat the problem? We hear from one of the nation's top experts on bullying.

What does a scene of people passing basketballs to each other say about our conscious perceptions? We talk with the Chicago-born author of a new book that suggests radically re-thinking the way we learn and work.