Each month in the year ahead, Crain's will explore a policy issue that impacts Chicago business. Today, Crain's Publisher and Executive Editor Jim Kirk joins the podcast to discuss the Forum project, and the inaugural topic: Illinois' pensions crisis. Plus: Ex-Grace chef Curtis Duffy is returning with a Fulton Market restaurant; the National Safety Council gives scooter safety tips; Elgin's Grand Victoria owner Eldorado Resorts is buying Caesars; the largest legal aid group in Chicago adopts a new name, and farm flooding starts to seep into America's fragile rural economy. Follow Amy Guth on Twitter @AmyGuth, and continue the conversation with #CrainsDailyGist.