Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s public battle with aldermanic opponents is harming Chicago taxpayers
Even in the face of bad market conditions, Chicago last week had to issue $500...
Editorials
Editorial: The Chicago Teachers Union’s May 1 walkout puts politics ahead of education
CTU is also encouraging students to join in their protest and calling upon the Board...
Editorial: Whatever his reasons, it’s good Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t joining other blue states on the tax-the-rich bandwagon
New York and Washington state are on the cusp of major tax increases on corporations...
Editorial: How a $10 million judgment against the city of Chicago became a $27 million settlement proposal
The Chicago City Council Finance Committee has a real doozy of a proposed legal settlement...
Editorial: Cities and towns have just cause to complain about how Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget treats them
This isn’t the first time Springfield has shifted financial pressure onto local governments.
Editorial: Chicago’s fully elected school board will have a big job. They should be paid.
In the two years since Chicago's school board grew in size and included elected members,...
Editorial: Really? The return of military conscription is an ‘option to keep on the table’?
We’d suggest to the administration that it’s time to exercise some restraint and give Americans...
Editorial: The human cost of the war in Iran
Behind every military objective are ordinary people who will live with the consequences long after...
Editorial: Why are American leaders failing in record numbers? The support system fails them.
As failures pile up across the board, in an election year no less, it’s tempting...
Editorial: An Illinois bag fee wouldn’t fix Springfield’s spending problem
This fee scheme, in our view, uses a good cause to justify yet another revenue...