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Liz Callaway is a clarion-voiced singer of the Broadway stage. She's also the daughter of the man who started this show, John Callaway. She joins us, accompanied by her son, Nicholas Callaway Foster, to sing and share stories. Watch web extra videos.  

We share your reactions to a new report about fire department response times in this week’s viewer feedback.

While glitches plague the federal health insurance marketplace website, we discuss how things are going for people here in Illinois.

A street near Soldier Field honors a fallen World War II hero. Geoffrey Baer has that soldier's story, and he answers your questions in this week’s edition of Ask Geoffrey.

The Chicago Transit Authority's new Ventra payment card is still giving some riders big problems. We have the latest.

Paris Schutz gets a rare one-on-one with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson – the architect of the controversial bank bailout of 2008. Watch a web extra conversation.

Chicago radio legend John Records Landecker joins us to talk about writing his memoir, Records Truly is My Middle Name. Watch a web extra video from 1978 about Landecker, and the job of a disc jockey.  

A new report says the Chicago Fire Department is failing to meet its goals in responding to fires and medical emergencies, and response time in some wards is worse than in others.  We have the story.

Hillary Clinton returned to her hometown today to give a speech before the Jewish United Fund. Paris Schutz has the details.

We share what you had to say about this week’s stories in tonight’s viewer feedback.

Eddie Arruza and his guests continue their conversation with talk about a highly charged posting by Sen. Dick Durbin on his Facebook page. 

Eddie Arruza and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.

In an effort to block a proposed hotel project, a lawsuit has been filed by a landlord who owns apartment buildings near Wrigley Field. Paris Schutz has the latest details.

Cuba's top diplomat to the United States, José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez, is on a whirlwind tour of Chicago. We talk with him about his objectives and the current state of relations between Cuba and the United States.

Chicago artist Leo Segedin, 86, is still painting about his childhood on the west side, and dancing into old age. We revisit Jay Shefsky's profile. In the 1950's a group of 24 young artists started a cooperative gallery in Chicago called Exhibit A. Tomorrow, the Chicago Cultural Center opens an exhibit featuring work from seven of those artists, including Segedin and fellow Exhibit A artist, Morris Barizani. View a slideshow of some of Segedin's favorite pieces, handpicked by the artist himself.

We share what you had to say about about the city’s 2014 budget in tonight’s viewer feedback. in tonight’s viewer feedback.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel formally introduces the city's 2014 budget to City Council, which includes new parking fees, cable taxes and speed camera revenue. How did they take it? Paris Schutz has the details. Read Emanuel's 2014 Budget Recommendation briefing and full budget address.

Two defendants lay out bribery schemes allegedly involving Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios at the Cook County Board of Review. Elizabeth Brackett has the details. Read the full indictment.

Democratic strategist and Director of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics David Axelrod joins us to talk about the shutdown and its effect on next year’s election. He will also highlight his November lecture at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Read a fact sheet about the festival.

Fifty years ago today, 200,000 Chicagoans boycotted segregationist policies by Chicago Public Schools. Watch a video clip from a new documentary that chronicles the protest and read an article.

An art museum digs deep into its collection and brings out rarely seen works, from Frederic Remington to Salvador Dali. We get a preview of Inventory_The EAM Collection at the Elmhurst Art Museum. Read an Artbeat blog and view a gallery.

James “Big Cat” Williams joins Ann Kreiter to break down the Bears' third loss in four games, and gives us his take on what fans can realistically expect from backup quarterback Josh McCown. Watch a web extra video.

The steel mills may be gone, but the south side is again under threat from a growing source of air and water pollution. It's referred to a "petcoke," and is a byproduct of refining heavy tar sands oil. We share what you had to say about it in tonight’s viewer feedback.

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

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists continue the conversation with the discussion of the extension of south Lake Shore Drive. It will run along the old U.S. Steel site, which will be redeveloped. Watch the web extra video.

Now that the government has reopened and a debt default has been averted, we get reaction from Sen. Dick Durbin and other Illinois lawmakers about what happens next.