Paul Vallas

By refusing to fund the government, Democrats in Congress have effectively taken the federal workers for TSA, DHS and FEMA hostage.

It’s no coincidence that the golden era for public education in Chicago coincided with the height of the parochial school system.

Chicago should establish a fully resourced public transit safety unit.

The Venezuelan leader had been under U.S. indictment since 2020 when the U.S. accused him of using the country as a criminal enterprise.

The teachers union has turned on fellow public employee unions and attacks even its closest union allies.

Deterring crime in Chicago begins with a visible police presence and changes to Illinois' SAFE-T Act.

A simple first step to buy time for real reform is to cap Cook County property tax growth for parcels experiencing high increases in their bills.

Now more than ever, Chicago must implement structural reforms to return to fiscal safety.

Critics of the Cook County state's attorney are attacking her recalibrating an office that had drifted away from holding offenders accountable.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget task force does not address Chicago’s spending problem. It sidesteps the urgent need for reform.