State lawmakers and the city of Chicago owe taxpayers an honest assessment. It's a sad state of affairs when we have to get that assessment from a bond guru in Kentucky.

TAGS: bonds, budget, Chicago, general obligation bonds, taxes

Call waiting: Chicago Police Department refusing to release cellphone-tracking info

By Bryant Jackson-Green

03/31/2015

The Chicago Police Department is refusing to disclose information regarding its use of covert cellphone-tracking devices, which can intercept the personal information of innocent bystanders.

TAGS: Chicago, CPD: Chicago Police Department

Evanston safe from burdensome pedicab regulations … for now

By Jeffrey Schwab

03/20/2015

The proposed ordinance was so restrictive that one alderman likened it to “beating a mosquito with an automatic weapon.”

TAGS: Chicago, ordinance

Feds approve powdered alcohol, Chicago moves to ban it

By Austin Berg

03/20/2015

Chicago’s political priority list shouldn’t include addressing a new way to drink.

TAGS: Chicago, palcohol

Chicago’s pitch to pay down $32B in unfunded pension debt: A casino, state money for CPS and a pass on pension payments

By Benjamin VanMetre

03/19/2015

None of these proposals would even begin to address the Chicago’s pension crisis. The city needs reform, not revenue.

TAGS: Chicago, debt, pensions

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Feds approve powdered alcohol, Chicago moves to ban it

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