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Mayor Daley closes the city's budget gap without levying new taxes, but what fiscal problems will the next Mayor face? Elizabeth Brackett reports.

Carol Marin and her panel of aldermen react to Mayor Daley's proposed budget. More on the mayor's proposed budget for 2011

Geoffrey Baer takes a look at a sweeping new plan designed to move the Chicago region away from suburban sprawl and clogged highways and toward a green utopia. CMAP's Go to 2040 plan

Bobby Hull was one of the most electrifying athletes in Chicago history -- a Hockey Hall of Famer who transcended his sport. He joins us to talk about his illustrious career, the Blackhawks, and his new book, The Golden Jet. Bobby Hull page at Blackhawks.com Find out where you can meet Bobby Hull on October 14th and 16th

A lawsuit filed by the Chicago Urban League would force the state to rely more on income tax and less on local property taxes to fund public schools. We talk to the Urban League's new President about the status of the suit and other issues facing the African-American community.

We explore the mobiles and monumental works of Alexander Calder on display now at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy--Museum of Contemporary Art Watch Alexander Calder perform a miniature circus

We have reaction to a new study reporting that 60 percent of Chicago's Catholic parishes have housed priests accused of sexually abusing children.

A young mother's battle with breast cancer inspires an innovative approach to helping other women with the disease. The Karen Dove Cabral Foundation

The Chicago Sun-Times reporter who won five games in a row on Jeopardy! shares her secrets for success on the popular game show.

On Friday, the Michigan Avenue Bridge will be renamed the DuSable Bridge. We learn just who Jean Baptiste Point DuSable was when we watch a clip of WTTW's award-winning documentary DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis.

A recipe for multi-grain pancakes is just one of more than 800 in America's Test Kitchen's new Healthy Family Cookbook. Jack Bishop joins us from the hit show to tell us about the new book and more.

We revisit our 2004 interview with the "Queen of Gospel" Albertina Walker, who died Friday at the age of 81.

Election Day is almost three weeks away, and many races appear to be neck and neck. Carol Marin and her panel of reporters discuss the latest on the battles for Senate, Governor, mayor and more.

Is it possible commit voter fraud even without being in a voting booth? One researcher at the Argonne National Laboratory says it is -- and his team has discovered how. We find out about that and other electronic voting machine vulnerabilities...and what can be done about it.

Eddie Arruza introduces us to a man who works with the U.S. Department of Justice to track down Nazi collaborators who have yet to be brought to justice.

The Bears scored a comfortable victory over the Carolina Panthers. Super Bowl Bear Emery Moorehead joins us on our Bears Alumni Club to talk about what went right -- and wrong -- in yesterday's game.

It took nearly 60 years to complete, but the entire architectural works of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan have been compiled into a new book, The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan. We talk with two of its authors.

We asked you if former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel should be allowed to run for mayor...and you told us! We read some of your responses. Additional link mentioned on the show: CUB's Cellphone Saver "Assignment Records of Accused Priests Who Have Worked in the Chicago Archdiocese"--Bishopaccountability.org

On tonight's edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week In Review -- President Obama headlines an Alexi Giannoulias fundraiser here as the Democratic Senate candidate prepares to debate his opponent Mark Kirk this weekend; Governor Pat Quinn is on a roll -- getting teachers union and Sun-Times endorsements as Bill Brady launches three new television ads aimed at Quinn's early prisoner release debacle; concerns are raised by reports that Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman will leave his post before the end of the school year; Rahm Emanuel starts his listening tour; Todd Stroger's f

Elizabeth Brackett reports on how possible mayoral candidate James Meeks is trying to mend fences with the gay community.

The Tribune Company is suffering more setbacks with a blistering New York Times article and mounting problems in its bankruptcy battle. Eddie Arruza and his panel take a look inside the beleaguered media conglomerate.

We take up the debate over whether an election is the best way to pick judges. Illinois State Bar Association's Judicial Evaluations

You don't have to go to Italy to see a leaning tower. Geoffrey Baer tells us where you can find one in Chicago and how it's connected to a local YMCA in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey. Village of Niles history Black Hawk War Sculptor Edward McCartan Eugene Field

We meet a Chicago man who contracted an incurable disease during the Gulf War that made it impossible for him to run, but now he runs 21 miles...to work.

We have the latest on reports that Ron Huberman will step down later this school year as Chicago Public Schools CEO.

We talk with United States Senator Dick Durbin about the midterm elections, the city's mayoral race, and much more.