With Chicago residents increasingly forgoing landlines for cellphones and other technology, state legislators are considering freeing AT&T from a longstanding mandate that it offer copper-wire "plain old telephone service."

For nearly a decade, the website Forgotten Chicago has documented the city’s storied past. Meet the site’s co-founder and editor, Jacob Kaplan.

Watch the April 19, 2017 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

The fates of municipal IDs, police oversight and aviation security at O’Hare hang in the balance at City Council.

From “Downton Abbey” to “My Fair Lady,” a conversation with the stars of Lyric Opera’s spring musical.

A big show is brewing under the big top, with a cast and crew of more than 200 – plus 65 horses. We go behind the scenes of “Odysseo.” 

Can the city and Chicago Public Schools get on the road to fiscal health without bankruptcy? Lessons from other cities.

Should Chicago annex the suburbs to save its shrinking population? Why one author thinks that might be a good idea.

Chicago families will have to wait a little longer to find out when the school year will end for Chicago Public Schools.

Watch the April 18, 2017 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

Chicago Tonight has learned that the city is looking at contingency plans to prevent an early closing of schools.

The state senator jumped into the crowded field vying for the Democratic nomination for governor a month ago. He joins us in discussion.

After a mild winter, spring is springing in Chicago and it’s time to get back into the garden. The Organic Gardener Jeanne Nolan is joining us for a new season of growing in the Chicago Tonight garden.