While the political and fiscal news in Illinois remains relatively quiet, our Midwestern neighbors are taking dramatic and controversial steps to repair their budgets. Read more
Yesterday, when lame-duck mayor Richard M. Daley finally got some of what he wanted in the building of a new runway and a new air traffic control tower at O’Hare, he got to take center stage. But people who follow city politics saw the hand of Rahm Emanuel, who has an old friend in Ray LaHood, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation... Read more
Could a partial meltdown occur at a Great Lakes nuclear power plant? One already has, and there's even a song about it. Here's a look at some risks for Midwestern plants, including tornadoes, people, and not being a nuclear power plant. Read more
THE DOWNSIDE TO THE UPTICK: Over the past four years, prices here dropped by 28.9 percent; over that same period, the average drop in the top 20 U.S. cities was 29.7 percent. Read more
