Best Elementary Schools: Education's Financial Crisis
SCHOOLS AND THEIR MONEY: As the state confronts a historic budget shortfall, educators are cutting costs-without cutting classroom programs
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Democrats for Brady?
A friend called to tell me that Democrats are secretly supporting conservative Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady because they predict he’ll be a one-termer. So they’ll grit their teeth for four years and then run a Democrat (who is not Pat Quinn) who can keep the office for multiple terms…
Top 40 Buildings in Chicago
EDIFICE REX: Chicago reigns as the country’s architectural king, as our top 40 buildings proudly attest
J. B. Pritzker on New World Ventures, the Pritzker Group, and More
WHAT I WAS THINKING: J. B. Pritzker, founder of New World Ventures, a venture capital firm, and The Pritzker Group, a private equity firm
Blago Redux: Adam Jr. Wants Out
Sam Adam Sr. and Jr., the two lawyers who led the defense of former governor Rod Blagojevich, disagree about whether to stick with the ex-gov when his retrial starts in January. The elder Adam wants in; the younger Adam does not, according to a prominent Chicago defense attorney, my source on all things related to Blago’s legal troubles. That take was confirmed by Sheldon Sorosky and Aaron Goldstein, two of…
Mayor Daley Won't Seek Re-election; Jim Houlihan Wants the Job
Within minutes of Mayor Daley’s announcement that he will not seek re-election, Eric Herman, the communications director for Cook County Assessor James Houlihan, told me that the 67-year-old Democrat is “very interested in being mayor.” Houlihan told me in an interview in April that he was interested…
Vote: Mayor Daley's Bucket List
In our September feature, "Mayor Daley’s Bucket List," we offer ten suggestions for how he could best make use of his remaining time in office. Which do you think is most important?
Mayor Daley's Bucket List: Ten Suggestions for How to Use the Remainder of His Term
EDITOR’S NOTE: On September 7th, Mayor Richard Daley announced in a brief news conference at City Hall that he will not seek re-election in 2011. The story below appears in our current issue.
Behind Jerry Stermer's Resignation: Insiders on the Exit of Pat Quinn's Chief of Staff
I thought I had it figured out. The respected good guy Jerry Stermer, Pat Quinn’s chief of staff, resigned the post last week after acknowledging that he inadvertently sent political e-mails using his state account. Next to no one seems to understand why Stermer, who has spent much of his career advocating on issues involving the health and education of children, especially poor children, would leave over such a measly infraction—three e-mails out of some 39,000…
Right Nation 2010, Featuring Glenn Beck, to Take Place on Yom Kippur
It’s a whopper of a public relations blunder.
Speakers for Right Nation 2010’s “evening extravaganza” on September 18th at the 10,000-seat Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates include Glenn Beck, gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady, blogger Andrew Breitbart, Rep. Aaron Schock, and Tea Party leader Herman Cain. One problem: the evening convention, which follows an afternoon “activist training conference” for conservatives at the nearby Marriot Chicago Northwest, is on Yom Kippur, the holiest of the Jewish High Holy Days.