Federal agents raid a longtime alderman’s office. Dissecting the $40 billion state budget. How Illinois farmers are being soaked by historically wet weather. And Boeing is back in the hot...

The latest in the gruesome murder trial of Brendt Christensen. The debate over the city’s ward map. How to address gambling addiction. A new Showtime documentary about the murder of Laquan...

Does Ald. Ed Burke's criminal indictment cast a cloud on his wife, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke? Plus, the battle over a music festival on a North Side beach, the electric...

Paris Schutz and guests discuss more of the week’s City Council news, including a hotly debated “fair workweek” ordinance.

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A federal judge lets construction on the Obama Presidential Center go forward after a bitter legal fight. Mayor Lori Lightfoot stares down the police union in City Council, and introduces...

The mayor announces big changes to another program that Ald. Ed Burke had hands on. Inside Northwestern’s new $560 million research center. And the fight to recognize Juneteenth as a...

A shocking admission in the trial of Brendt Christensen. The explosive new book on the R. Kelly saga. And the modest DuPage County house-turned-art gallery with secrets of the Underground...

A big victory for the Obama Presidential Center and efforts to build in Jackson Park. Plus, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Springfield’s big session, and a Cirque du Soleil star tumbles home...

A one-on-one interview with Mayor Lori Lightfoot on crime, casinos and cannabis. Plus: the politics behind the cleanup of Bubbly Creek, that portion of the Chicago River long mired in muck...

Paris Schutz and guests discuss more of the week’s news: Mayor Lori Lightfoot appoints a new board to oversee Chicago Public Schools, and the dramatic “Jeopardy!” run of Naperville native...