Where Illinois Is Losing Population
More people left our state than any other in the 2010s. Part of the problem: Unlike elsewhere, there’s been no urban growth to offset rural decline.
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How to Succeed in Politics Without Winning an Election
Two weeks into a new term, State Sen. Heather Steans is retiring, leaving political allies to pick her replacement. On the Far North Side, that’s simply how it’s done.
Valerie Jarrett
The former Obama senior adviser, 64, on her globetrotting youth, old boss, and White House joys
Notes of a North-Side Census Taker
Chicago’s response rate in the 2020 survey was decent — except among the people who would benefit the most from a full count.
Rep. Marie Newman’s First Week on the Job
The representative from LaGrange was sworn in three days before a mob swarmed the Capitol. Here, she recounts her first days in DC.
Why Did Chicago Stop Growing?
Our city became a metropolis by gobbling up suburbs we now know as neighborhoods. Then, in the 1960s, it stopped.
Burial Rights
Mount Hope Cemetery has served the South Side for over a century. Now, amid a devastating COVID-19 surge and a racially charged clash over funeral processions, it’s become a lightning rod.
Todd Ricketts Is Not the Future for Illinois Republicans
The Cubs co-owner and Trump ally is mulling a run for governor. In this state, that’s probably a losing battle.
The New King of the Opposition
There’s only one man in Illinois with the money and political influence to rout Pritzker’s agenda — and that man, Ken Griffin, had a very good Election Day.
The Speakership Used to Be Meaningless
George Ryan once gave up the job to become lieutenant governor, an office so worthless his predecessor had quit out of boredom. What changed?