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Rep. Kam Buckner: Springfield should think twice before giving the Bears a property tax break
Why should the Bears, an $8.8 billion franchise, get a property tax break that Illinoisans will never get?
Rep. Kam Buckner: The RTA is running ads while riders and legislators are running out of patience
People don’t want a $750,000 ad campaign from the RTA. They want more buses that arrive on time and trains that feel safe.
Kam Buckner: A city charter is the reform Chicago actually needs, not recall powers
Instead of fighting over recall power in Chicago, we should be building a modern system of governance that prevents the need for recalls.
Kam Buckner: The risks of firing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez now
Disrupting Chicago Public Schools now jeopardizes administrative continuity and the sense of normalcy that students and teachers need.
Rep. Kam Buckner: While we debate changes to DuSable Lake Shore Drive, let’s focus on the lakefront
Our primary focus should be on the lakefront itself — the foundation upon which any future improvements to DuSable Lake Shore Drive will rest.
Kam Buckner: If Chicago doesn’t get federal help for its housing crisis, it should pass on hosting the DNC
In the history of American politics, Chicago is the most important political host city. It was here that Abraham Lincoln, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Bill Clinton were...
Rep. Kam Buckner: Soldier Field shuffle offers an opportunity to Chicago and the Bears
When news broke of the Bears considering a new stadium on the land currently housing the south parking deck, it gave many Chicagoans hope that the team would remain nestled...
Kam Buckner: Candidate Lightfoot and Mayor Lightfoot were on opposite ends of many fights
As the sun sets on Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration and the dawn begins to break on the Brandon Johnson era of Chicago politics, many of us are reflecting on the...
Kam Buckner: It takes a village to raze a Chicago child — and a village to come together and raise the child again
The mass gatherings in Chicago on the last warm weekend, largely in my legislative district at a South Side beach and in Millennium Park, are reminiscent of something that has...
Kam Buckner: After an intense election, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson must work to pick up the pieces
Chicago just endured what was arguably one the most heightened, colorful and intense mayoral cycles in decades. Now that the election is over, the work has to begin. During this...