Can a revamp of the city's community policing help the beleaguered crime rate? Paris Schutz has the story.

We have your thoughts about the fiscal cliff deal in tonight's Viewer Mail.

Is the Illinois General Assembly one step closer to fixing the country's worst pension system? We get the latest from Springfield in the waning hours of the lame-duck session.

An Illinois House committee passes pension reform in the final days of the lame-duck session. We have analysis.

Twenty-two candidates have entered the race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in the 2nd Congressional District. Paris Schutz has the latest.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists continue their conversation in a web extra video.

Gay marriage has been the focus this week in Springfield, but has there been any actual movement during the Illinois Senate's lame-duck session? We have the latest news from the capital.

Chicago civic groups back bipartisan pension reform, but will it prompt any action in Springfield? Eddie Arruza and his panel discuss the latest developments.

What happened to the three young men charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism during the NATO summit in Chicago? Paris Schutz has the latest.

The Illinois Senate returns to Springfield for the lame-duck session. We bring you the latest news.

In its final hours last night, the 112th Congress passed a carefully orchestrated fiscal cliff deal despite staunch House Republican opposition. We discuss the deeper meaning behind the deal, and the way it came together, with a panel of economists.

Cracking down on the misuse of handicapped parking and a so-called "skin tax" at strip clubs are two of more than 100 new Illinois laws that just kicked in. We tell you about some of the others you should know about.

We take a look back at 2012 with Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists. It was a year of hard-fought election battles, the teachers’ strike, the scandals, the court sentences and Chicago’s sad sports scene. All that, and much more in The Year in Review.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists summarize the year in one word.

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