Opinion

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.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s feuding got in the way of the good they could’ve done for Illinois and Chicago.

Chicago mayoral candidates need big ideas for reforming how the city’s inspector general is utilized.

The BGA joins with other media across the country on Thursday, August 16, 2018, in seeking a halt to government attacks on the press.

Moody’s is right to be cautious about Illinois’ outlook. But after decades of mismanagement, there are signs that at least some of Illinois’ vexing fiscal troubles are being wrestled to the ground.

So long as city boosters see the shootings as a problem confined mainly to a few neighborhoods, and not as the urban epidemic they are, the problem won’t get fixed.

The two campaigns adamantly steer clear of substance, dazzling voters with rhetorical sleight of hand.

In the mayoral race that’s taking shape, none of the issues may add up to much against Emanuel.

How Chicago’s downtown building boom helps boost the neighborhoods, too.

The Supreme Court case that Gov. Bruce Rauner championed delivers a blow to the labor movement, but it also may motivate unions to stop being lazy and get creative.