Vallas: City budget passes, next fiscal crisis looms

By Paul Vallas

11/21/2023

Now that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has passed his first budget, attention should be on the Chicago Public Schools. School leaders claim it will have a budget hole of over $600 million by 2025.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Nearly 101,000 Chicago single moms, their children live on less than $13 per day

By Bryce Hill

11/21/2023

Of nearly 240,000 Chicagoans living on less than one-half of the federal poverty income level in 2022, nearly 101,000 of them were in households led by single mothers.

TAGS: Chicago

Testimony begins in former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke corruption trial

By Patrick Andriesen

11/20/2023

After serving more than half a century as a “fixture” on the Chicago City Council, former Ald. Edward Burke now faces 14 counts of federal corruption charges for allegedly abusing his finance chair position and aldermanic powers for personal gain.

TAGS: Chicago, corruption, Ed Burke

Illinois’ 2nd-highest gas taxes drive up Thanksgiving travel costs

By Dylan Sharkey

11/20/2023

More than 55 million people are traveling for Thanksgiving this year, according to AAA. Illinois motorists can avoid the nation’s second-highest gas taxes by filling up in other states.

TAGS: JB Pritzker, taxes, Thanksgiving

Nearly 240,000 Chicagoans living on less than $19 a day

By Bryce Hill

11/20/2023

Living on less than half of the federal poverty level is considered “deep poverty.” That describes 53% of impoverished Chicagoans.

TAGS: Chicago

2 in 3 Chicagoans disapprove of Mayor Brandon Johnson on crime

By Dylan Sharkey

11/17/2023

When it comes to crime, 66% of Chicago voters disapprove of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s job performance, according to the newest Lincoln Poll. Just 25% of Democrats approve.

Voters oppose Chicago mayor’s tent city plan over 2 to 1

By Dylan Sharkey

11/15/2023

New polling shows Chicago voters mostly oppose Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan for using tent cities to house asylum-seekers in the city.

Mr. Beef from ‘The Bear’ is a mansion, according to Chicago mayor’s tax plan

By Dylan Sharkey

11/15/2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants voters to raise the city’s tax on million-dollar property sales, which would include any sale on a restaurant such as Mr. Beef, the inspiration for the hit show “The Bear.”

TAGS: Brandon Johnson

Only 28% of Chicago voters approve of Mayor Brandon Johnson

By Dylan Sharkey

11/15/2023

New polling shows Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a 28% approval rating – as low as one mayor after a national scandal and another who was about to get booted by voters.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Vallas: Chicago needs better protection for witnesses

By Paul Vallas

11/14/2023

Mass shootings are rampant in Chicago. Arrests for those shootings are almost nonexistent. Witness protection is the key to changing that.

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Vallas: City budget passes, next fiscal crisis looms

Nearly 101,000 Chicago single moms, their children live on less than $13 per day

Testimony begins in former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke corruption trial

Illinois’ 2nd-highest gas taxes drive up Thanksgiving travel costs

Nearly 240,000 Chicagoans living on less than $19 a day

2 in 3 Chicagoans disapprove of Mayor Brandon Johnson on crime

Voters oppose Chicago mayor’s tent city plan over 2 to 1

Mr. Beef from ‘The Bear’ is a mansion, according to Chicago mayor’s tax plan

Only 28% of Chicago voters approve of Mayor Brandon Johnson

Vallas: Chicago needs better protection for witnesses

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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