Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel calls for property-tax hikes, garbage-collection fees and ridesharing surcharges as a stop-gap measure to plug the city’s $750 million budget hole.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, fees, Rahm Emanuel

Freedom, fairness for food carts in Chicago

By Hilary Gowins

09/01/2015

On Sept. 24, 2015, Chicago City Council voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance to legalize food carts, giving thousands of street vendors across the city the freedom to make an honest living and opening the door for the next generation of culinary entrepreneurs.

TAGS: street vending

Chicago employers say ‘fat tax’ would punch them in the gut

By Austin Berg

08/19/2015

City leaders are focused on the wrong kind of belt tightening.

TAGS: Chicago

Chicago issued over 1,836 red-light camera tickets per day in last 4 years

By Hilary Gowins

08/18/2015

Chicago’s red-light cameras are merely a way for the city to extract more money from drivers; they have nothing to do with public safety.

Driverless trains: Why does Chicago lag behind London?

08/17/2015

Driverless trains and buses could dramatically reduce the cost of Chicago’s expensive public transportation system, resulting in much-needed savings for taxpayers.

House rejects Madigan’s attempt to clog federal-funds pass-through bill

By Amy Korte, Heather Weiner

08/12/2015

Through this latest bit of gamesmanship, Madigan delayed the enactment of the state’s uncontroversial federal-funds pass-through legislation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Perfect storm: Metra threatens line closures as Chicago mulls ‘congestion tax’ for commuters

Morton Salt to close Elston Avenue facility in Chicago

Illinois pays millions in pension benefits to the dead

Madigan comes up short on SB 1229 override

Rahm calls for the largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history

Freedom, fairness for food carts in Chicago

Chicago employers say ‘fat tax’ would punch them in the gut

Chicago issued over 1,836 red-light camera tickets per day in last 4 years

Driverless trains: Why does Chicago lag behind London?

House rejects Madigan’s attempt to clog federal-funds pass-through bill

Who Lives Below the Poverty Line in Illinois? Family Structure and Education Mark the Highest Risk

Report Archive

Take advantage of the various ways to vote

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students