Erika Harold’s accusation about Democratic state Sen. Kwame Raoul ignores the broader aim of a bill he and House Speaker Michael Madigan sponsored to overhaul two ailing Chicago pension funds.
Archives
Posted inNews
Fact-Check: Rauner Falsely Claims Graduated Income Taxes Always Hurt the Middle Class
Rauner overlooks nearly a dozen states with graduated systems that tax middle-class earners at lower rates than flat-tax Illinois.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: How Amazon Headquarters Hunt Changes as Emanuel Exits
Before Emanuel’s surprise announcement to leave office, Chicago probably wasn’t in the game for Amazon’s HQ2. Now unleashed from the constraints of politics, he just might pay whatever it costs to get back in.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: Emanuel and Rauner: A Squandered Relationship That Cost the City and the State
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s feuding got in the way of the good they could’ve done for Illinois and Chicago.
Posted inNews
Fact-Check: Pritzker Says Rauner Misquoted Newspapers. That’s a Stretch.
Rauner campaign ad selectively quotes — rather than misquotes — newspapers in attack on Pritzker’s tax plan.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
Rauner’s EPA Drafts Compromise Plan To Distribute Volkswagen Settlement Funds
Bending to pressures from public health and environmental groups, state proposes electric car charging stations, cleaner school buses and public transit money to reduce air pollution.
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
Residentes ​​Del Sur Y El Oeste De Chicago Luchan Contra El Ayuntamiento Por La Presencia De Industrias Contaminantes
Comunidades más afluentes evitan industrias como los centros de distribución, una planta de reciclaje de chatarra y un fabricante de asfalto. Los residentes dicen que la ciudad tiene que cambiar la forma en que le permite a la industria pesada ubicarse cerca de escuelas, parques y hogares.
Posted inNews
Fact-Check: Duckworth’s Background Check Claim Checks Out
Days after Chicago’s most violent weekend this year, the first-term senator points out what she sees as a gaping loophole in federal gun laws.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: Can Chicago’s Mayoral Candidates Stomach Powerful Inspectors General?
Chicago mayoral candidates need big ideas for reforming how the city’s inspector general is utilized.
Posted inCriminal Justice & Public Safety
Rauner Signs Suburban Police Shooting Reform Bill Into Law
BGA/WBEZ investigation into failed oversight of errant police shootings in Cook County leads to new law forcing investigations.
