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![]() David GreisingChicago Tribune |
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is right to be exuberant over the Thompson Center deal. And rival Darren Bailey's indictment of the city has elements of truth.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's words in reaction to the overruling of Roe v. Wade, as well as a recent mass shooting, have been memorable. But the actions, so...
Democrats nationally this year are taking the risky step of spending money in Republican primary races trying to push Republicans they think they can...
Lori Lightfoot's over-the-top rhetoric about criminal suspects and their guilt or innocence isn't a strategy for dealing with crime.
If Mayor Lori Lightfoot builds on her recent wins in two key areas — ethics and public safety — she might win back some of the support she has...
A year after the Pulitzer-winning Tribune-BGA report on Chicago's failures to enforce fire safety, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the City Council haven’t...
When it comes to reform, Chicago police and their boss, David Brown, still have a long way to go.
The case against disgraced former Ald. Danny Solis has been tawdry from the start. It involved prostitution, free use of an Indiana farm once owned...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot should reform the IG selection process to ensure uninterrupted and independent oversight for a city government that needs it.
State Rep. Ann Williams and eight others early this month got Gov. J.B. Pritkzer to freeze $144 million of Rebuild Illinois projects tied to former...
More than 18 months have passed since Michael Madigan first showed up as “Public Official A” in the federal corruption case involving Commonwealth...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Tim Evans, chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, are caught up in a dispute about the effectiveness of Evans’...
Chicago Public Schools students and families deserve more. We have been left in the dark once again during this uncertain time that is negatively...
If we’ve learned anything in the year since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, it’s that voting is vitally important. Defending the...
The first map is made up of an array of dots, one for each homicide or nonfatal shooting in Chicago. It shows the darkest concentrations of dots in...