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The Week in Review panel works overtime in the sports department in this web-exclusive conversation.
Paris Schutz speaks with Republican leaders one day before the special legislative session on pension reform. 
Chicago Tonight is covering the Special Session on pensions in Springfield. View their Twitter streams for the latest news and photos.
Northerly Island Park is set to get an extreme makeover. We tell you what's in the works and when it will be completed.
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy joins us to talk about the hold violence has on our city. 
Illinois Republicans hammer away at Democrats, as some gubernatorial candidates emerge for 2014. Paris Schutz has more on that, as well as pension negotiations in Springfield.
Chicago Tonight is covering Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. View their Twitter streams for the latest news and photos.

Paul Ryan's Budget Plan

We asked what you thought about Paul Ryan's budget plan. We read what some of you had to say in Viewer Mail.
Thousands of undocumented immigrants line up at Navy Pier for the chance to gain legal status under the new "deferred action" initiative. Paris Schutz has the story.
Now that Congressman Paul Ryan has joined the Romney ticket, Ryan's controversial federal budget proposal is coming under intense scrutiny. We look at what that fiscal plan actually contains.
With just three days until the special legislative session in Springfield, lawmakers here are given even more sobering news about the state's pension hole. What's likely to happen Friday? We have the latest from the state capital.
Ald. Burke agrees to show records on disability pay to City Council watchdog. But should the records be turned over to City Inspector General Joe Ferguson instead? Paris Schutz has the latest.

Powerful alderman ‘intends to cooperate fully’

Chicago City Council's watchdog says he will "immediately" investigate records controlled by Ald. Ed Burke.

Illinois Prisons

Should the media be allowed inside Illinois prisons to authenticate claims of inhumane conditions? We have some of your thoughts in Viewer Mail.
Eddie Arruza and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.
Watch a web-exclusive conversation with Eddie Arruza and his panel of journalists.
 

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