The latest action in Springfield. A violent holiday weekend. U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood on freshman year challenges. How Massachusetts is handling legal pot. And a new look for the...

All seven members of the Chicago Board of Education stepped down this week, making way for appointments by Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Meanwhile, the Chicago Teachers Union calls for educational...

A changing of the guard as Lori Lightfoot succeeds Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago. Lightfoot’s first order of business? Ending the long-standing tradition of aldermanic privilege, which...

Mayor Lightfoot is out and about. The head of the beleaguered Department of Children and Family Services joins us. Controversial changes to the SAT. And a look at Manet’s modern beauty.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot cleans house on the CPS board. A dive into the city’s troubled finances. Inside Illinois’ medical pot program. And how a duplicate of a Chicago monument wound up in...

Graduated income tax advances in Springfield. Researchers aim to improve memory in aging adults. A Cirque du Soleil star comes home. The rise of fake meat. And swimming in the Chicago...

Chicago makes history as Lori Lightfoot is inaugurated as the first black woman to serve as the city’s mayor. Aldermen weigh in on the new administration, and a look back at Lightfoot’s...

Paris Schutz and guests discuss President Donald Trump’s pardon of disgraced former Sun-Times publisher Conrad Black, and assess some of Emanuel’s legacy ahead of Monday’s inauguration.

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Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot lays out an ambitious agenda for her first 100 days in office – and sets up a fight with City Council over aldermanic prerogative. Outgoing 1st Ward Ald. Proco ...

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is in Chicago. A look ahead at the Lightfoot administration. The high rate of pregnancy-related deaths. And when and where to get the best look at...