It’s incredibly complicated. Freezing property taxes would shift the burden of cost-cutting to local governments—and experts say we need more legislation to make sure that doesn’t do too much damage.
The governor wants to bring Illinois’s benefits down from some of the highest in the country, but Democrats aren’t thrilled about it.
Almost four years after the first try, pension reforms seems politically realistic—and perhaps legally as well.
This ambitious Cook County commissioner talks about getting things done in the “least sexy” unit of local government and her plans for 2019.
The secretary of state and tumbler king on fast talking and fast driving
The Chicago River has become a hot spot for developers. Here are three major downtown projects currently in development.
The new CEO of Planned Parenthood Illinois discusses the organization’s new challenges, Gov. Rauner’s vow to veto HB 40, and more
Urban Rivers raised nearly $30,000 to transform the half-mile stretch of river near Goose Island by 2020.
A crisis in crime coverage, why not to panic over the Cubs’ slump, and inside the homes of the homeless.
Chicago is home to one of the country’s oldest and most influential torture survivor centers—pioneering culture-conscious care for 30 years.
