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Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review: 1/11
Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review: 1/11-February 2024
Feb 21, 2026 7:16 AM

On this edition of Chicago Tonight: Week in Review with Joel Weisman, pensions are the top priority for a new Illinois legislature sworn in this week. Bill Daley considers a run for governor. Ald. Dick Mell may be retiring, or maybe not. An out-of-the-box plan to turn the Thompson Center into a casino. Flu cases overwhelm many local emergency rooms. Boeing has a Dreamliner nightmare. And in sports, Notre Dame gets trounced by Alabama, and Hockey fans rejoice as the lockout comes to an end.

Guests:

- Bruce Dold, Chicago Tribune

- Derrick Blakley, CBS Chicago

- Bruce Japsen, Forbes

- Jim Litke, Associated Press

Watch our panel’s web-exclusive conversation in Web Extra: The Week in Review: 1/11.

Here is a roundup of Chicago Tonight‘s web stories from this week:

Monday, January 7:

- House Committee Approves Pension Reform

- Pension Reform Analysis

- Deadline for 2nd District Primary

- 2013 Sets Stage for Affordable Care Act

- "Big Cat" Williams on Bears Coaching Candidates

- Web Extra: "Big Cat" on Super Bowl Picks

- Artist Leo Segedin

Tuesday, January 8:

- Final Day of Lame-Duck Session

- House Approves Immigrant Driver's License Bill

- Reforming the Tax Code

- Community Policing

- Rolling the Dice Downtown

- Scientific Chicago with Neil Shubin

- The Hypocrites

- Massive Partnership Promises Fields of Dreams

- Viewer Mail: Fiscal Cliff Deal

Wednesday, January 9:

- New IL General Assembly Sworn In

- Hultgren & Quigley on Fiscal Cliff

- Flu Outbreak

- #WordOfTheYear

- Chicago Business News

- Marimba Ensemble

Thursday, January 10:

- Gambling, Guns and Retirement

- Commission on School Utilization Issues Report

- New Mortgage Rules Protect Consumers

- The World Until Yesterday

- The Book of Mormon

- Film Critics on 2013 Oscar Nominations

Friday, January 11:

- Weekend Events Around Town: 1/11-1/13

- Web Extra: The Week in Review

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