Business

The Year in Review

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists look back at the year in a special year-end edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review.

Politics

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive: Urban America's Most Beautiful Roadway

Chicagoans drive on Lake Shore Drive every day without realizing the history beneath them. A new book recounts the long tale of Lake Shore Drive -- we talk with the authors.

• Chicago's Lake Shore Drive: Urban America's Most Beautiful Roadway

Cultural Connections

Cultural Connections: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

We talk with actress Amy Morton about her starring role in the Steppenwolf Theatre's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Politics

Rahm Emanuel Residency Hearing

Eddie Arruza has the latest from the final day of the hearing on Rahm Emanuel's residency.

Arts & Entertainment

Chicago Botanic Garden

Need help sprucing up your holiday greenery? The Chicago Botanic Garden's Eliza Fournier is here to help you "deck the halls."

Hedy Weiss: Theater Reviews

Hedy Weiss Theater Reviews

Sparks fly at Steppenwolf Theater. Hedy Weiss reviews Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and three more shows on the Chicago stage.

Science & Nature

Asian Carp

The threat from Asian carp has prompted a re-examination of the Chicago-area waterway system. One proposal involves permanently separating the Great Lakes watershed from the Mississippi River watershed, but not by closing the locks. Elizabeth Brackett has the story.

Business

News Analysis: Tax Cuts

The $858 billion tax cut proposal has cleared the Senate and is on its way to the House. Carol Marin and her panel have more on what an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts would mean for the economy, the deficit, and your pocketbook.

Politics

Rahm Emanuel Residency Hearing

Eddie Arruza has the latest from day two of the hearing concerning Rahm Emanuel's residency.

Health

Kiss My ALS

Earlier this year we met Anne Marie Schlekeway, who had lost her voice to ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Anne Marie died late last week. We revisit the story of this remarkable woman.

• KissMyALS.com
• Read Anne Marie's final blog post