Pat Quinn Puts Tamms On the Block
The state’s expensive, troubled supermax prison, long a target of lawsuits and human-rights activists, would give up its small number of inmates to Pontiac as part of the governor’s proposed budget cuts.
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Rapid Bus Transit Gets TIF Dough and More Transportation News
New funding for BRT; public transportation is the new gay marriage, the fight over transportation funding, the decline in Illinois fuel tax revenues, and more.
Rahm Leaves Susana Mendoza Twisting in the Wind on City Sticker Controversy
When I interviewed City Clerk Susana Mendoza last November, I sensed that there was tension between her and Rahm Emanuel. In the wake of Chicago’s city sticker controversy, I have been reminded of the strained relationship between the mayor and the clerk.
Do Corruption and Transparency Drive Down Voting?
Learning how the sausage is made can turn your stomach, more so when you can see the reconstituted meat bits. Which may put people off their appetite for politics.
Corruption, Confirmation Bias, and Sexy Statistics
Is Illinois still really corrupt? Is Chicago still really segregated? It depends on who you ask, and how they decide to write their headlines.
Illinois's Medicaid Mess
The state is way behind on its Medicaid bills, and facing a hugely expensive backlog, as it has periodically over the past couple decades. The state doesn’t have a lot of options for cutting back on its Medicaid spending, but there are a couple areas where substantial progress could be made.
One Last Push
Push launched years ago as the pregnancy journal of a soon-to-be father who was trying to piece together the weird changes to his wife and his life. It resurrected itself a short time later as a travel blog to the Far East with baby in tow; then it buckled under the weight of diapers and bottles and Elmos, and disappeared for a few years. Now my wife is pregnant with our third child, which seems a good occasion to reignite the blog.
Three's a Crowd
My wife is pregnant again. What could we possibly be thinking?
How Much Do We Want Social Mobility, Anyway?
Social mobility has declined in America since the post-war boom, and the effects have been particularly hard on the lowest ten percent of the population. It’s an American ideal, but it’s not as easy or appealing as it looks.
What Does the Obama Campaign Know About You?
It’s a lot, depending on your interaction with the campaign or related causes. But it’s nothing compared with Target, which can predict whether or not you’re pregnant, down to which term.