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More money no problems
For the first time in decades, Chicago has a say in who its treasurer will be. But what the hell does the treasurer even do? There's a joke among municipal government nerds that goes something like...
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The road to victory
A timeline of historic moments in LGBTQ elected history in the Chicago area.
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Cupcake electioneering hits Uptown
In the final days of his re-election fight, Alderman James Cappleman tries to sweeten the deal for voters. Reports of electioneering are cropping up around the city as Chicago prepares to choose a new...
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Let’s make a deal
If corporate Chicago wants money for One Central, they should drop their fight against Pritzker’s Fair Tax Initiative. First the good news, captured in a headline on a recent article in...
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Ready for reform, Chicago?
Mayor Lightfoot vows to change the city from the ways of Rahm. As a sign of my commitment to a new Chicago, I went to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's inauguration at the DePaul basketball arena, thus breaking...
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Small town government, Chicago-style politics
Lyons’s mayor, son of the former town boss who went to prison, is building clout in the western suburbs amid claims of cozy deals, including the purchase of his own house. The Reader is publishing...
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Going to the source
Seymour Hersh on the challenge of quoting people who have something to say but don’t want to publicly say it In 1989, I read an article in the New Yorker that changed my professional life—"The...
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Lightfoot’s first council meeting excites, but sheds little light on procedures
What’s going on in City Council? Still hard to say! Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, newly elected alderman of the 33rd Ward, squeezed into the corner of a City Hall elevator, grinning and clutching a...
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Defending the indefensible
The Ed Burke question: If the city’s going to waste millions on downtown TIF deals, why shouldn’t he get a little piece of that pie? Having finally gotten around to reading the 59-page federal...
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