Chicago Business News

Chicago Business

If Oprah Winfrey leaves Chicago, how will it impact local businesses? WBBM Newsradio 780's Kris Kridel joins us for a look at this and other business headlines.

Business

BP Expansion

Elizabeth Brackett takes a look at the battle over the $3.8 billion dollar expansion of BP's Whiting, Indiana refinery.

Politics

News Analysis: Alderman Payroll

Last week the Chicago Tribune revealed that city aldermen have access to a secret, unsupervised payroll that many have been using to pay family members and friends. Carol Marin and her panel, which includes some aldermen, discuss this secret fund.

• "Chicago City Council uses stealth payroll for family, operatives, those with heat"--Chicago Tribune 11/19/09

Science & Nature

Asian Carp

New DNA evidence suggests the dreaded Asian carp are only a hop, skip and jump away from Lake Michigan. Rich Samuels tells us what state and federal authorities are doing about it.

The Week in Review

The Week In Review

Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: Oprah Winfrey ending her talk show in 2011; Chicago School Board President Michael Scott's apparent suicide shocks the city; the Cook County Board votes to roll back the controversial sales tax hike; major conventions continue to leave McCormick Place for less expensive locales; and the Bears season on life support.

Guests:

• Charles Thomas - ABC 7 News
• Wally Podrazik - WBEZ Chicago Public Radio
• Melissa Isaacson - ESPN
• John McCarron - Chicago Tribune

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Viewer Mail

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Time Out Chicago

Time Out Weekend Picks

Less than one week before Thanksgiving, Black Friday and the official start of the hectic holiday shopping season are almost upon us., Madeline Nusser of Time Out Chicago is here with some ideas for your weekend.

• SAIC Holiday Art Sale
• Open Books
• Modern Vintage Holiday Market
• Yarn Crawl

Arts & Entertainment

Sanfilippo Estate

We explore a 44,000 square foot estate and its world-class collection of antique technological wonders.

• The Sanfilippo Foundation

Ask Geoffrey

Ask Geoffrey

What do urban myths featuring an elephant and a lakefront sledding hill have in common? Geoffrey Baer explains in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

• Greater Grand Crossing
• Lincoln Statues

Arts & Entertainment

Urban Farms

City and state policy makers had a chance to eyeball some of Chicago's premier urban farms today. Rich Samuels takes us on part of their tour.