The latest Chicago alderman facing criminal charges. Is sports betting on the fast track in Illinois? Which state hospitals get poor grades for patient safety. And a prized Chicago big...

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot's team meets with aldermen ahead of taking office. Plus: a potential airport in the south suburbs, a new survey of millennials and how downtown became a shopping...

As he enters his final days in office, Mayor Emanuel joins us in conversation. Plus: What Illinois can learn from California’s experience with legalized pot, and a new book on the world’s...

Paris Schutz and guests discuss a state bill that would direct publicly traded companies in Illinois to boost their boardroom hiring of women and people of color.

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With her inauguration less than two weeks away, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot heads to the nation’s capital to forge relationships with lawmakers and federal officials – including...

The Nation of Islam’s longtime leader speaks out on his ban from Facebook. Plus: taxing retirement, tips for low-waste living, and inside the University of Chicago’s delightfully zany...

Ride-share drivers strike. Are tariffs causing stock market volatility? A former U.S. ambassador on the “Art of Diplomacy.” And the cast of Lyric’s “West Side Story” performs a few tunes.

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A report on devastating flooding in the Midwest. Subsidies for the One Central development? Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. And a slice of Chicago restaurant history...

How local tunnels and reservoirs handled the wettest week in years. Why hemp farming is coming back to the state. And look both ways: Thousands of electric scooters are coming to the city....

The Illinois Senate approves a graduated income tax bill, but the plan still needs House – and voter – approval. A massive recreational marijuana bill is expected to be released “very soon...