What's on America's economic to-do list? The creator of a new survey has the details.

Neil Steinberg, longtime columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, shares stories from his new book, a defense of the city of Chicago.

We remember Ralph Frese, who died yesterday at the age of 86.  Frese built hundreds of canoes by hand -- including giant ones to cross Lake Michigan.  We take another look at Jay Shefsky's profile of the legendary Illinois paddler.

Daley nephew R.J. Vanecko makes his first court appearance--and lands a judge with connections to the Chicago dynasty.

On the last day of the veto session, a new pension bill aimed at mending the state's $96 billion unfunded liability was rolled out. Here to talk about the ins and the outs of the bill are two of its sponsors.

A series of missed opportunities cost the Bears, keeping their December free-fall going. James "Big Cat" Williams is here to break down what went wrong against the Vikings.

Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter in a car accident that killed his teammate Jerry Br

Chicago’s high school dropout rate – about 35 percent – is at the heart of the city’s problems with poverty, violence and unemployment. We delve deeper on a special episode of Chicago Tonight.

Is Chicago on the right path in fighting its chronic high school dropout problem? Our panelists – young people, educators at challenging schools, researchers and thought leaders – answer candid questions from members of our studio audience and viewers at home in a 30-minute web-exclusive conversation.

With a high school dropout rate around 35 percent, Chicago is a city full of out-of-school teenagers.

Students who are truant in their K-8 years are much more likely to drop out of high school later down the road.

We talk with the educators who try to keep kids from falling off the grid, one student and one day at a time.

How do you narrow the college achievement gap between low- and high-income students? A new program in Chicago schools is trying a new strategy: teaching character.