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 teachers are ramping up their strike threat as the Board of Education readies to vote on a budget.

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.

Northerly Island Park is set to get an extreme makeover. We tell you what's in the works and when it will be completed.

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy joins us to talk about the hold violence has on our city. 

Illinois Republicans hammer away at Democrats, as some gubernatorial candidates emerge for 2014. Paris Schutz has more on that, as well as pension negotiations in Springfield.

What's the secret to Superman's success while other caped crusaders have faded away? Author Larry Tye joins us with the answers, and a web-exclusive video.

Legendary Chicago musician Von Freeman died last weekend at age 88. We revisit our 2003 conversation with the acclaimed sax player.

A new exhibit charts the influence of all-star Latino recording artists on American popular music. We get an inside look.