Editorial: DuPage County approves a 35% raise for its board chair. Taxpayers should ask why. By The Editorial Board May 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Taxpayers are entitled to ask what exactly they are getting in return for these raises....
Editorial: A McDonald’s Happy Meal for the Chicago Fire and The 78 in more ways than one By The Editorial Board May 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The name McDonald's Park beats Louisville's KFC Yum Center and Hartford's Dunkin' Park.
Editorial: A pause on the tipped wage increase should turn into a full-blown W for Chicago restaurants By The Editorial Board May 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Most everyone not named Brandon Johnson wants to leave the tipped minimum wage alone.
Editorial: Could Chicago’s City Council delay — or even imperil — the 1901 Project just to please a union? By The Editorial Board May 14, 2026 at 4:14 p.m. Union politics are threatening to delay the 1901 Project.
Editorial: NY governor signals she’ll OK federal tax credit scholarships. Gov. JB Pritzker now has cover to do the same. By The Editorial Board May 13, 2026 at 8:16 a.m. Opting in would go a long way in repairing the harm Illinois Democrats did in...
Editorial: Naperville is wonderful. Unless you have to drive to Chicago every day. By The Editorial Board May 13, 2026 at 9:56 a.m. It turns out “quality of life” calculations change considerably once you factor in brake lights.
Editorial: Democrats, Chicago is your proven convention choice By The Editorial Board May 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Chicago earned a second consecutive shot at the DNC.
Editorial: Chicago school board President Sean Harden embarrasses himself with hunt for leakers By The Editorial Board May 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. An exercise in folly by Chicago School Board President Sean Harden.
Editorial: Is Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport a better bet than Chicago O’Hare? By The Editorial Board May 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Milwaukee airport has fewer crowds but generally higher fares.
Editorial: Indiana’s primaries came with a warning to dissenters By The Editorial Board May 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Indiana Republicans who survived Tuesday’s primaries should remember whom they ultimately serve. Not Washington strategists....