Politics

Betty Loren-Maltese

Betty Loren Maltese...is back! Having completed a seven-year prison term for corruption, today the former Cicero town president moved into a West Side halfway house. Eddie Arruza tells us what lies ahead for Loren-Maltese and the hefty debt she still owes society.

The Friday Night Show

The Friday Night Show: Pat Foley

Joel Weisman sits down with longtime Chicago Blackhawks announcer Pat Foley.

The Week in Review

The Week in Review with Joel Weisman

Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: Democrats are jockeying for the Lieutenant Governor's ballot spot vacated by Scott Lee Cohen; Mayor Daley orders a budget review of the Chicago Police Department and wants to give the city's Inspector General the power to investigate aldermen; CTA service cuts are making for a longer commute; the Chicago Auto Show rolls into town; and former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas announces his retirement.

Guests:

• Mary Ann Ahern - NBC 5 News
• Jon Hilkevitch - Chicago Tribune
• Teddy Greenstein - Chicago Tribune
• Roger Crockett - Business journalist

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Ask Geoffrey

Ask Geoffrey

What has 14 lanes, is prone to traffic jams, and is cut down the middle by rapid transit? Geoffrey Baer solves that riddle in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

• Virtual World's Columbian Exposition created by the UCLA Urban Simulation Team
• Chicago Expressways
• "Who was Dan Ryan" -- ChicagoNow

Arts & Entertainment

Chicago Folk: Images of the Sixties Music Scene

We take a look at rarely seen photos of the city's blossoming folk music scene of the 1960s.

• Chicago Folk: Images of the Sixties Music Scene
• 50th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival

Arts & Entertainment

The Good Karma Divorce

How can we avoid the emotional and financial distress brought on by divorce? We talk to a Chicago family court judge who has written a new book called The Good Karma Divorce.

Arts & Entertainment

Helping Haiti

We meet a Haitian-born American who is determined to keep his father's dream alive.

• New Trier Haiti Project

Politics

City Hall Furlough Days

Mayor Daley has ordered all city employees to take 24 unpaid days off this year in an attempt to help balance the city budget. So why are he and the aldermen not required to do the same? Reporter Dan Mihalopoulos will be here with the Chicago News Cooperative story.

• "The Chicago Way: Not All Furloughs Are Equal" -- Chicago News Cooperative
• See how many furlough days your alderman took last year -- Chicago News Cooperative

Politics

News Analysis: Lieutenant Governor

In the wake of the Scott Lee Cohen debacle, Illinois Speaker of the House Mike Madigan filed legislation to amend the state's constitution to abolish the office of Lt. Governor. We take a closer look at the proposal.

• Proposed amendment to eliminate the position of lieutenant governor
• Do you think the position of lieutenant governor should be eliminated in Illinois? Click here to tell Chicago Tonight.