Mayor Lightfoot wants our efforts fighting COVID-19 to warrant a change to the flag. There's precedent for that, but is this pandemic worthy? Read more
Chicago's central location is the reason it became a great city. But with travel at a standstill, we're uniquely vulnerable to COVID's economic fallout. Read more
As rural legislators protest Pritzker's stay-at-home order, they could alienate centrist voters, turning the Illinois GOP into an even more hardcore minority. Read more
The president doesn't want coronavirus relief going to "poorly run" states like Illinois. In fact, we pay the federal government far more than we receive. Read more
Pritzker has used COVID-19 to push the Fair Tax, and Lightfoot to loosen the municipal purse strings. That could cost them the moral high ground needed to govern in a crisis. Read more
It wasn't just the Bulls that usurped the city's gangster image, but Wilco, Liz Phair, Charlie Trotter, and a state senator named Barack Obama. Read more