A.D. Quig

A.D. Quig covers Cook County government, City Hall and the Obama Presidential Center. She joined the Tribune in 2022 after covering politics for Crain’s Chicago Business and The Daily Line.

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman during a budget roundtable at Truman College in Uptown on June 28, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget director Annette Guzman resigns amid finance team shakeup

August 4, 2026 at 6:06 p.m.

Annette Guzman, Brandon Johnson’s director of the Office of Budget and Management, is departing the role she has served in since the start of his administration.

Workers pack up Lollapalooza stages and tents in muddy Hutchinson Field area at the south end of Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 3, 2026. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Lollapalooza 2026 wrapped with some arrests and hospital trips while Chicago faces Grant Park cleanup

August 3, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

The festival left the city with a familiar tally: 10 arrests, zero tickets issued and 67 trips to the hospital, according to the city. Those are figures roughly in line...

Chicago Teachers Union members and Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers rally as the Chicago Board of Education holds a meeting about the budget on July 30, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

CPS is counting on $150 million more from Springfield. Will it deliver?

August 2, 2026 at 9:00 p.m.

While the Chicago Board of Education agrees that schools need more funding, there’s far less consensus over how to get it.

Mayor Brandon Johnson leaves an event for the Chicago Department of Water Management on the city's West Side, July 7, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Trade union jabs Mayor Brandon Johnson as mayoral petitions circulate

July 29, 2026 at 4:07 p.m.

LiUNA Local 1 accused the Mayor Brandon Johnson-appointed leaders of the departments of Transportation and Aviation of violating laborers’ contracts.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas speaks at a Pride flag-raising event at Daley Plaza on June 1, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Illinois teachers union sues to force Cook County treasurer to issue property tax bills and make payments

July 28, 2026 at 11:53 a.m.

The Illinois Federation of Teachers sued Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Monday to try to force her to mail property tax bills and compensate school districts for recent revenue delays.

Daniel Powers, age 60, casts his votes as the sun peers into the Boathouse located in Park 571, March 17, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Low turnout trend continues in Cook County property tax referendum votes

July 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

About 1 in 5 eligible voters decided the outcome of costly binding property tax questions in various suburbs in the past couple of years, according to a new study from...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle leaves after presiding over a board meeting on April 10, 2025. The Cook County Bureau of Technology and the procurement office that originally inked the contract with Tyler Technologies, are both under Preckwinkle’s office. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Watchdog report on Cook County tax tech contract: ‘Nobody’s hands are clean’

July 21, 2026 at 5:47 p.m.

Cook County’s inspector general estimates the county has so far spent $63 million on its troubled decade-long property tax system modernization.

A cyclist gets ready to maneuver around a FedEx truck parked in a bike lane in the 1700 block of West Division Street in Chicago on July 10, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago bike lane ticketing program records big fines against delivery companies

July 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A bike lane ticketing program meant to make busy downtown streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians has found package delivery giants among its most consistent scofflaws.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Budget Director Annette Guzman answer questions from the audience during a town hall, Feb. 3, 2026, at the South Shore Cultural Center. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)

Layoffs on table due to budget shortfall, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson administration officials say

July 16, 2026 at 6:25 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget team put city employee layoffs on the table Thursday to help close a budget deficit they said could reach $90 million through the end of...

Mayor Brandon Johnson arrives, July 15, 2026, for a City Council meeting at Chicago City Hall. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Mayor Brandon Johnson bats away low fundraising: ‘My confidence will always remain strong’

July 16, 2026 at 7:05 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson ended the second quarter with just $631,309 in his political fund after spending more than he raised, according to state campaign finance reports.

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