Mayoral candidate Gery Chico unveils a new plan to ensure transparency and accountability in government. Carol Marin talks to him about this and his vision for the city. Gery Chico campaign website

We hear what you have to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail. Link also mentioned on the show: Chicago Board of Elections Unofficial Candidate List

On this week's edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week In Review: Speaker Mike Madigan shoots down Governor Pat Quinn's tax hike in the veto session. Congresswoman Melissa Bean finally concedes the election. Mayoral candidates file their petitions, and Mayor Daley reacts to mayoral candidate and former CPS school board president Gery Chico's criticism of the city's schools. Facing a half-billion-dollar deficit, Cook County President-Elect Toni Preckwinkle orders all Cook County offices to slash their budgets by 21%.

City Council passed Mayor Daley's budget today by a wide margin with no new taxes or amendments. Elizabeth Brackett has the details.

It's day two of the fall veto session in the General Assembly. We talk to Chicago Sun-Times Springfield reporter Dave McKinney about what's going on downstate.

Are new airport security provisions a violation of privacy or an effective deterrent to terrorism? Experts weigh in on the debate over the increased use of full-body scanners.

Provocative sex columnist and Chicago native Dan Savage joins us for a revealing interview. Dan Savage at the Chicago Humanities Festival

The feud is intensifying between the outgoing and incoming Presidents of the Cook County Board. Is Todd Stroger being uncooperative in the transition? Eddie Arruza has that story, and another about a major financial settlement approved by the County Board.

The race for mayor of Chicago officially kicked off today with the filing of nominating petitions. Eddie Arruza gives us a rundown of the candidates who submitted.

Carol Marin talks to State Senator James Meeks, a mayoral candidate who formally launched his campaign yesterday.

On this week's edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review: Governor Pat Quinn says his election victory is a mandate for a tax hike, but Republicans scoff at his spin. Danny Davis is chosen as the so-called consensus mayoral candidate by some African American leaders, but Carol Moseley Braun and James Meeks are in the race to stay. The CTA looks at selling naming rights to stations and routes to ease the agency's perpetual budget crunch, and now Metra is considering the same. And in sports, the Bears gear up for Brett Favre and the Vikings. Guests:

A commission appointed by President Obama recommends radical changes to bridge the nation's budget gap. We speak with one of the commission members, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky.

She was the first African American woman in the U.S. Senate and now she wants to be the first African American woman Mayor of Chicago. Carol Moseley Braun is here to tell us why she's come out of political retirement to vie for the position of Mayor Daley's replacement.

We share your thoughts on some of our recent stories when we read some viewer mail.

Congressman Danny Davis is the consensus Black candidate for Mayor of Chicago. So, what are his plans for the city? And why does he want to leave Congress to lead the city in the post-Daley era? He answers these questions and more when he talks with Carol Marin.

A new, free computer program can turn the most inexperienced computer user into a computer hacker, and the hacking is taking place at public wi-fi sites.