Stories by Paris Schutz

Members of the Illinois delegation wandered through the lobby of the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in steamy Tampa today, and were treated to a magnificent ice sculpture of the capitol - the site of many meltdowns.

Earlier this year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed an Ethics Reform Task Force to review the current ethics ordinance and make recommendations on how to improve it. The four-man task force released the first part of their recommendations back at the end of April, citing 34 specific recommendations on how the city could strengthen their ethics ordinance and curb corruption. The long-awaited part II of the report was finally released Monday.

What is the historic role of a political convention? We look at how conventions have evolved and if they still matter today.

Chicago Tonight correspondent Paris Schutz is in Tampa at the Republican National Convention. View his Twitter stream for the latest news, photos and videos.

Amid Republican party unity, some GOP gubernatorial hopefuls start testing the waters, so to speak. Paris Schutz has more on this, and the outlook for the rest of the Republican National Convention from Tampa.

How did a Magnificent Mile building end up being featured weekly in a 1970s network TV sitcom? Find out more in this week's Ask Geoffrey on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm.

Jeffrey Brown from the PBS NewsHour has been covering the Republican National Convention. He joins us from Tampa with the latest on RNC events and more.

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

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists have a web-exclusive conversation.

The first day of the Republican National Convention was canceled Saturday because of the approaching threat of Tropical Storm Isaac.

Chicago Tonight's Paris Schutz gears up to attend the Republican National Convention next week.

Teachers vote to give their leader the power to notify Chicago Public Schools of a strike, and the two sides meet for a marathon negotiation session. We have the latest.

Employing ex-offenders to reduce violence in some of Chicago's most dangerous communities? That's what the city's about to do with CeaseFire. We talk with executive director Tio Hardiman about the path to stop the shootings.

We meet a suburban man whose passion for fish and fishing knows no bounds. Don Dubin is an expert taxidermist, a world champion fish carver, and he's been named a "legendary angler" in the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. Jay Shefsky has the story.

The Chicago Public Schools board approves a budget and a strike contingency plan. How will the new budget affect contract negotiations? Paris Schutz reports.

Thousands who stayed at a downtown hotel may have been exposed to Legionnaires' disease. We have details about this potentially deadly disease, and what hotels can do to help prevent outbreaks.

What's happening in the city is a tech boom that has some seeing Chicago as the next Silicon Valley. Eddie Arruza reports on the young workforce and the businesses creating a high-tech hotbed downtown.

We read what some of you had to say about the failure of the special session to come up with a pension solution in tonight's Viewer Mail.

Chicago Tonight's Ash-har Quraishi and his wife welcomed a new baby boy into their family. Meet Faaz S. Quraishi.

Chicago teachers are ramping up their strike threat as the Board of Education readies to vote on a budget. Paris Schutz has the latest on why contract negotiations are appearing to stall.

For the time being, pension reform is off the radar in Springfield. We ask two members of Gov. Quinn's pension working group what they'll do next.

We remember Morris Topchevsky, a Chicago artist who was an eyewitness to world-changing events.

The day of reckoning that wasn't. State Rep. Tom Cross and State Sen. Christine Radogno join us with insight into what went wrong with the governor's special session.

Northerly Island is getting a makeover. We have some of your thoughts in tonight's Viewer Mail.

After historic expulsion vote, the Illinois General Assembly fails to deliver on pension reform during the special session. Paris Schutz reports from Springfield.

Paris Schutz reports from the special legislative session.