by BRIAN NADIG The longstanding practice of aldermanic prerogative in the City Council may have taken a hit at the June 26 meeting of the council’s Zoning Committee, as members almost voted in opposition...
by RUSS STEWART In every presidency there are transitional periods, like when the economy goes from bad to worse, like when more American troops are killed every week, or like when hostages languish in...
by KEVIN GROSS Some Northwest Side legislators discussed the state budget for the next fiscal year that was signed this week by Governor Bruce Rauner. Trying to avoid another budget impasse, legislators drafted the...
by BRIAN NADIG and KEVIN GROSS and A Facebook photograph shows that Alderman John Arena (45th) attended a May 11 Cubs game with other elected officials, contradicting his statement to reporters that he parked...
by BRIAN NADIG During a tour of the Northwest Side on May 20, Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with aldermen and other officials at construction sites celebrating plans for an anticipated freshman campus for Taft...
by RUSS STEWART For Toni Preckwinkle and the county’s public sector unions, March 20 may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the repeal of the infamous penny-per-ounce soda tax. Or maybe...
