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The Chicago Teachers Union and other community organizations would like to end appointments to the Chicago Board of Education -- they want the superintendent and board members to be elected. Elizabeth Brackett has the latest on their proposal and the response to their plan.

Governor Quinn reportedly wants to borrow $15 billion to bridge the state's biggest-ever budget gap. Will that only worsen Illinois' finances, and will anyone even loan the state that amount of money? Eddie Arruza and his guests weigh the options.

Mayor Richard M. Daley has passed his father and is now Chicago's longest-serving mayor. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel discuss the Daley Dynasty, its legacy, and what it has meant to the city of Chicago.

Eddie Arruza takes a look at some new laws going into effect on January 1, 2011, including one concerning child safety seats

President Obama may be the most admired man in the country according to a new Gallup poll, but how's his presidency doing? We hear from journalist Richard Wolffe, who received exclusive access inside the Obama White House and has written a new book about the President's time in office. Find out more about the book

Illinois will lose one of its congressional seats. What does this mean for the state as it prepares to redraw its maps? Elizabeth Brackett and her panel discuss this and much more. Proposed redistricting legislation in the Illinois General Assembly

What's the process moving forward as the Chicago Board of Elections gets set to rule on Rahm Emanuel's residency? Ash-har Quraishi tells us what could happen after a decision is handed down.

Illinois' newest U.S. Senator, Republican Mark Kirk, votes to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Chicago Sun-Times Washington D.C. bureau chief Lynn Sweet joins us to talk about this and other congressional actions.

The Renaissance Schools Fund wants to raise $40 million in the next five years for more charter schools, but proposals for four new charter schools were withdrawn at last week's contentious Chicago Public Schools Board meeting. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel take a look at the debate over charter schools.

On this week's edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week In Review hosted by Phil Ponce: Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel spent almost 12 hours testifying at a hearing to determine whether he can stay on the February ballot, and the questioning ranged from the serious to the comical. His tenant contradicted some of Emanuel's testimony about the possessions the family left behind. And in a strange twist, Emanuel's real estate broker testified that the tenants demanded $100,000 to vacate the house.

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

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

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.

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

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.