CTA violent crime nears decade high as feds threaten funding cuts

By Patrick Andriesen

10/14/2025

Chicago Transit Authority violent crime hit its second-highest level since 2015, while the arrest rate dropped. CTA crime is threatening federal funding.

TAGS: CTA: Chicago Transit Authority

Mandating unaffordability: How Chicago’s housing affordability requirements decrease supply and increase costs

By Josh Bandoch, LyLena Estabine

10/01/2025

As housing prices continue to soar out of reach for more Americans, an impulse from policy makers across the country has been to attempt to mandate “affordable” prices through legislation. One common idea is rent control, which limits how much landlords can increase rents on residents. A related one is inclusionary zoning, which forces developers...

A way out: Bankruptcy authorization would give struggling Illinois municipalities options

By Joe Tabor

02/10/2025

Published Feb. 10, 2025 Even though federal COVID relief funds provided an unexpected windfall, that one-time jolt of cash could leave many Illinois localities even worse off than they were before. That boost in revenue allowed local governments to put off difficult budgeting decisions, and as that revenue dries up, municipalities will have to contend...

Where on Chicago Transit Authority are you most likely to be crime victim?

By Patrick Andriesen

12/26/2024

Chicago Transit Authority Green Line riders were the most likely to be crime victims for the 12 months ending in September. The most dangerous CTA stop had nearly 7 crimes per 100,000 riders compared to 1.3 systemwide.

TAGS: CTA: Chicago Transit Authority

New Cook County prosecutor faces challenges to fix Kim Foxx legacy

By Chris Coffey

11/27/2024

A new Cook County state’s attorney inherits crime problems aggravated by her predecessor, Kim Foxx. Eileen O’Neill Burke seems ready to fight crime without abandoning efforts to be fair to minority defendants. Here’s what she should do.

TAGS: Kim Foxx

Cracking down on fare evasion can help deter Chicago transit crime

By Chris Coffey

10/31/2024

Washington, D.C., and New York City have cracked down on fare evasion because it is linked to serious and violent crime. The Chicago Transit Authority should do the same to curb its growing crime problem.

TAGS: CTA: Chicago Transit Authority

Vallas: All Illinois parents deserve school choice because it works

By Paul Vallas

04/12/2024

Private education excels and school choice help students across race and income demographics. So why are teachers unions working against parents having choices and students excelling?

U.S. Supreme Court rules government home equity theft unconstitutional

By Patrick Andriesen

05/27/2023

U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled for a widow from Minnesota whose home was seized and sold for a tax debt, but local government kept $25,000 more than she owed. The ruling should stop the practice in Illinois, where it is especially prevalent.

TAGS: U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court case aims to stop homes from being taken for small tax debts without compensation

By Joe Tabor

04/27/2023

Illinois homeowners have lost the full value of their homes over relatively small tax debts. But a case now before the U.S. Supreme Court could end that practice in Illinois and across the country.

Amendment 1 would lock sky-high property taxes into Illinois Constitution

By Adam Schuster

01/18/2022

A change to the Illinois Constitution on the 2022 ballot would effectively transfer power over tax dollars from the people and their elected representatives to special interests. It would thwart any efforts to curb the nation’s second-highest property taxes.

TAGS: Amendment 1, Illinois Constitution, property tax

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

CTA violent crime nears decade high as feds threaten funding cuts

Mandating unaffordability: How Chicago’s housing affordability requirements decrease supply and increase costs

A way out: Bankruptcy authorization would give struggling Illinois municipalities options

Where on Chicago Transit Authority are you most likely to be crime victim?

New Cook County prosecutor faces challenges to fix Kim Foxx legacy

Cracking down on fare evasion can help deter Chicago transit crime

Vallas: All Illinois parents deserve school choice because it works

U.S. Supreme Court rules government home equity theft unconstitutional

U.S. Supreme Court case aims to stop homes from being taken for small tax debts without compensation

Amendment 1 would lock sky-high property taxes into Illinois Constitution

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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