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Mayoral hopeful Lori Lightfoot said Chicago is the only “metropolitan area” in the nation losing population, a claim that wins her no points for clarity and skirts the edge of credibility.

The governor contends manufacturing workers have a better chance of finding union jobs in Texas than in Illinois, despite the Prairie State’s more union-friendly policies. His numbers add up, but don’t quite prove his point.

President Donald Trump headed to Dallas to speak to members of the National Rifle Association, repeating a familiar talking point about Chicago’s gun laws.

A political progressive who hopes to challenge Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s re-election complains the city is shorting vital services while lavishing six-figure compensation on many workers, including tree trimmers.

Chicago’s former top cop, now a challenger to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s re-election, says murders and shootings cost city taxpayers more than is spent on all other programs combined. The claim is a wild exaggeration based on a misreading of research.

Democrat JB Pritzker is quick to blame rival Gov. Bruce Rauner for new health problems at the state facility for retired veterans. But the stomach virus is very different and harder to prevent than Legionnaires’ disease, which has killed 13 residents since 2015.

There are lots of different ways to measure Illinois’ fiscal crisis, and politicians usually seize on the yardstick that best fits their partisan agendas.