Update: The following is an update (Sept. 7) to an article which first appeared last week: by BRIAN NADIG Alderman James Gardiner (45th) has issued an apology for referring to several people as a...
by BRIAN NADIG Restaurants would provide plastic utensils, napkins and single-packet condiments to carryout and delivery customers only if requested under a single-use foodware ordinance proposed last month by Alderman Samantha Nugent (39th). The...
by JASON MEREL Some Northwest side legislators discussed what was accomplished in the General Assembly during the spring legislative session and what remains on the to-do list at a virtual forum Wednesday, June 23,...
by BRIAN NADIG A federal class action lawsuit was filed this week claiming that Alderman James Gardiner (45th) violated the First Amendment rights of at least six of the ward’s residents by deleting their...
by JASON MEREL Senator Robert Martwick (D-10) said he has “little doubt” that the plan for a fully elected Chicago school board will make its way to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s desk and he will...
It could very well be called the “Art of the Screw.” It’s a once-in-decade legislative opportunity by each state’s majority party – in this case the Illinois Democrats – to marginalize and make inconsequential...
