The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet also served as the state's poet laureate from 1968 until her death in 2000. Today's poets are finding creative ways to remember her.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner hasn’t used authority to borrow $6 billion to begin making a dent in the backlog of overdue bills that tripled during the budget impasse under the Republican’s watch.

Watch the Aug. 7, 2017 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

With tensions still high in Springfield, we talk with two lawmakers who are resigning from the legislature.

For the first time in the United States, scientists edit a human embryo and successfully remove a genetic mutation that causes disease.

“Chicago will not be blackmailed into changing our values, and we are and will remain a welcoming city,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Sunday at a press conference announcing the suit.

The bulk storage operator on Chicago’s Southeast Side has exceeded a federal threshold for emissions of toxic manganese dust, according to new air monitoring data published by the EPA.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s finest public buildings is ready for the public again. We take a look inside the restoration of Unity Temple.

Watch the Aug. 3, 2017 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

All you need to know to get ready for the coming total eclipse of the sun.

The massive former site of U.S. Steel South Works has a new buyer—and new possibilities.  

The singer-songwriter talks about writing songs for Barbra Streisand—and the influence of her father, John Callaway.

Another record-setting day on Wall Street. What’s propelling the stock surge—and can it last?