It’s been called everything from potentially life threatening to possibly historic.

Chicago's McCormick Place Operator Borrows $1.12 Billion to Cut Debt Costs

The Washington Post is reporting that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is due to resign tomorrow from his position. ‚ Speculation has been swirling for weeks on whether Rahm would resign from his post, since Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced he would not seek reelection.

Icoi Johnson is a Pritzker Fellow at WBEZ. She'll be picking up where Blythe Haaga left off with the Chicago in the national news column.

Chicago's Hull House Association is celebrating the birthday of Jane Addams today.The famed social worker was born 150 years ago this week. She's best known for helping the poor and supporting women's rights. Louise Knight recently published a book about Addams.