Politics
The makeover of the Chicago City Council is now complete and the change will be dramatic. Yesterday's runoff elections brought some surprises with four incumbents going down to defeat. Eddie Arruza talks with several of the aldermanic newcomers.
Wilmette was one of just a few suburban communities to pass a school funding referendum yesterday. We take a look at key election results from the suburbs.
Information on the referendum
There's an increasingly bitter debate going on in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburbs. We hear about the Village of Winnetka's affordable housing proposal, and why some opponents say it will bring criminals to the North Shore community.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel is warning Chicago unions: He wants longer school days and fewer absences from laborers. We hear from both the Chicago Teachers Union and the union that represents Chicago Streets and Sanitation workers.
Local mom reactions to longer school days
Are you for or against longer school days?
After the polling places close, we have the latest results in the Aldermanic Runoff Elections.
Aldermanic Runoff Elections page
Chicago Board of Elections website
Chicago's inspector general continues finding waste and mismanagement in city departments, from truck drivers sleeping on the job to missing medicines from city clinics. Eddie Arruza talks to Joseph Ferguson about his recent reports.
Chicago Inspector General's website
This week on Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review, the CHA's most notorious public housing project, Cabrini-Green, is being torn down. Mayor Daley's trying to slash costs, this time by cutting rat patrol crews. Meanwhile, Chicago's Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle discuss consolidating elections and health care service to save millions. Winnetka debates affordable housing there. Illinois schools are hoarding billions in cash. And in sports, baseball is back!
Guests:
We sit down with the two aldermanic candidates in the 45th ward runoff. Meet John Garrido and John Arena.
The Daley administration is reportedly ready to privatize recycling in Chicago. Could it become the next parking meter fiasco? Eddie Arruza and his panel look at why Mayor Daley is pushing for one more privatization contract before leaving office.
It's been four weeks since Jody Weis stepped down as Chicago Police Superintendent. What's his legacy with the police department? What is he doing now? And who does he think should replace him? Weis joins us to answer these questions and more.
A 7-year-old unsolved homicide involving Mayor Daley's nephew is a police case that won't go away. We hear the latest from the reporters covering the death of David Koschman, including our own Carol Marin.
It's one of the most contentious development issues in the city right now: what to do with the old Lincoln Park Hospital. Eddie Arruza reports on the debate brewing in the 43rd ward.
We sit down with the two aldermanic candidates in the 43rd ward runoff. Meet Michele Smith and Tim Egan.
Visit our 43rd ward page for more information on the candidates
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel announced an unprecedented collaboration between the city and the county today. We tell you what's in the works and what it could mean for some city and county services.
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It could be one of the biggest class action lawsuits in history, involving the world's largest corporation. Today the U.S. Supreme Court took up the discrimination case against Walmart. We hear what the suit is all about.