Tonight's panel discusses the week's top headlines: Governor Quinn passes a stop-gap budget; Mayor Daley lays off 431 workers after their unions refused to take furlough days off; families are in mourning all over again during the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal; Chicago on a Denver booting-blitz; the CTA cracking down on sexual harassment; the Cubs and Sox well-rested after the All-Star break; and the Blackhawks fire general manager Dale Tallon.

Guests:

• Garrard McClendon, CLTV
• Mary Wisniewski, Chicago Sun-Times
• Mike Flannery, CBS 2 News
• George Ofman, Longtime sports journalist