Amid Republican party unity, some GOP gubernatorial hopefuls start testing the waters, so to speak.

How did a Magnificent Mile building end up being featured weekly in a 1970s network TV sitcom? Find out more in this week's Ask Geoffrey on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm.

Jeffrey Brown from the PBS NewsHour has been covering the Republican National Convention. He joins us from Tampa with the latest on RNC events and more.

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

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists have a web-exclusive conversation.

The first day of the Republican National Convention was canceled Saturday because of the approaching threat of Tropical Storm Isaac.

Chicago Tonight's Paris Schutz gears up to attend the Republican National Convention next week.

Teachers vote to give their leader the power to notify Chicago Public Schools of a strike, and the two sides meet for a marathon negotiat

Employing ex-offenders to reduce violence in some of Chicago's most dangerous communities? That's what the city's about to do with CeaseFire. We talk with executive director Tio Hardiman about the path to stop the shootings.

We meet a suburban man whose passion for fish and fishing knows no bounds. Don Dubin is an expert taxidermist, a world champion fish carver, and he's been named a "legendary angler" in the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. Jay Shefsky has the story.

The Chicago Public Schools board approves a budget and a strike contingency plan. How will the new budget affect contract negotiations?

Thousands who stayed at a downtown hotel may have been exposed to Legionnaires' disease. We have details about this potentially deadly disease, and what hotels can do to help prevent outbreaks.

What's happening in the city is a tech boom that has some seeing Chicago as the next Silicon Valley. Eddie Arruza reports on the young workforce and the businesses creating a high-tech hotbed downtown.

We read what some of you had to say about the failure of the special session to come up with a pension solution in tonight's Viewer Mail.

Chicago Tonight's Ash-har Quraishi and his wife welcomed a new baby boy into their family. Meet Faaz S. Quraishi.