Get Ready For the Runoff
This will be one of the most polarizing mayoral elections in recent Chicago history.
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The Ja’mal Green Campaign Bus Saga Had Twitter Enthralled
Call it a metaphor if you’d like. On the day before Chicago’s city elections, mayoral candidate Ja’Mal Green’s campaign bus got stuck in the mud.
Mayoral Power Rankings 2023: Election Eve
1. Paul Vallas Vallas is so confident of finishing first on Tuesday he’s acting like he’s already mayor. On Sunday, he held a meet and greet at Barba Yianni, a Greek restaurant in Lincoln Square. The candidate slipped in through the back door, then held a brief press conference in front of microphones from all the … Read more
Why You Should Vote Strategically in the Mayoral Election
Until ranked-choice voting comes to Chicago, many can’t vote for their preferred candidate if they want to be strategic.
A Vallas-Johnson Runoff Would Be an Epic Five Weeks
It’s Baby Boomer vs. Gen X, Back the Blue vs. Black Lives Matter; CPS leadership vs. CTU — and it could be quite the fight.
How to Save the L
Riders have been abandoning it due to safety and reliability concerns. What can be done to fix this civic treasure?
Mayoral Power Rankings 2023: February 2023 Update
We spoke with Northwest Side pollster Matt Podgorski on what he sees as the most likely race outcome.
The Man Who Wrote the 13th Amendment
Lyman Trumbull penned the amendment that ended slavery — today is the 158th anniversary of its passage — but he’s often forgotten to history.
The Computer That Will Change Everything
Eight years in the making, Aurora, a powerful new machine at Argonne National Laboratory, could help solve some of the most pressing questions of our time. Welcome to the new era of supercomputing.
Multiple Choice
Now that Evanston is the first Illinois municipality to adopt ranked-choice voting, will the rest of the state follow?