A memorial on Ground Zero commemorating 9/11 opens in a few weeks. We talk with Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin, who got a sneak peek.

The Illinois Department of Revenue has denied property tax exemptions for three hospitals for not doing enough to justify their exemption

Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to dump the way garbage is currently collected.

Nearly 55 miles per gallon for every car? That's the deal between the Obama Administration and the nation's automakers. Is it doable and what technology is on the horizon? The head of transportation research at Argonne National Laboratory is here with some answers.

On Tuesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Bechara Choucair, M.D., released a new Public Health Agenda—Healthy Chicago—the City’s first comprehensive public health plan.

Kris Kridel of WBBM Newsradio 780 joins us to discuss Google's decision to buy Motorola Mobility and other top business stories.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard announced a new education initiative that will include specialized training and performance-based bonuses for Chicago's principals. Ash-har Quraishi has the details.

A new study out today by Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine diagnoses Chicago’s health, neighborhood by neighborhood. We speak with two of the report’s authors.

We pay a visit to the world’s largest, busiest 16-inch softball league – in Washington Park on Chicago’s South Side.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines in Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review at 7:00 pm.