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The Chicago Infrastructure Trust will will now have an alderman on its board of directors and require City Council approval of its projects, two of the most common aldermanic criticisms of the original plan. 
Time is drawing near for a solution to the state's $83 billion pension crisis. Just what will a final solution entail? Paris Schutz has a preview.
It was yet another outrageous comment from Ozzie Guillen-- but at least one observer says the remarks about Fidel Castro should spark a larger national discussion. Eddie Arruza and his guest explore the issue.
There's another change to the mayor's speed camera ordinance. We have the latest as aldermen consider the bill.
The mayor's $1.7 billion infrastructure trust will come to a vote April 18. With some aldermen signaling they may withhold their vote unless they see changes in the legislation, Chicago Tonight polled the City Council on how they would vote on the infrastructure trust ordinance as currently written.
Some aldermen have a lot of questions about Mayor Emanuel's proposed infrastructure trust. 
Nine aldermen now say they will vote against the ordinance unless changes are made.
It's called the Buffett Rule: a proposal to raise taxes on millionaires. On Tuesday, President Obama officially injected it into the presidential campaign. Is it a matter of fairness or is it class warfare? We take a look.
Cook County and the City of Chicago launch new websites to shed light on their astronomical pension obligations. Eddie Arruza and his panel look at the struggle to reduce retirement costs at the state and local levels.
Chances are, if you've ridden the CTA in the Loop, you're traveling over tracks that are pushing 100 years old. Paris Schutz has more on a major planned facelift to get the elevated tracks up to speed. 
Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.
NATO was born out of the Cold War to curb Soviet power. But what is it today? A peaceful alliance or the West's way of policing the world? We take a look.
More than a decade after Chicago Housing Authority demolitions, how are displaced residents affecting their new neighborhoods? A new study may have answers.

Chicago Infrastructure Trust

We asked what you thought about Mayor Emanuel's proposal to create the Chicago Infrastructure Trust. Is it a good idea or a scam? We read what some of you had to say in tonight's Viewer Mail.
When it comes to picking up residential recycling in Chicago, private companies do it cheaper. But numbers show that city crews are closing the gap. Paris Schutz has the story.
Lon Monk, top aide and close friend of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is sentenced for his role in the Blagojevich corruption scandals. Elizabeth Brackett reports.
 

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