When will Cook County expect 2nd property tax payment? Good question.

By Jerry Barmore

09/08/2025

The second installment of Cook County property taxes should have been paid Aug. 1. The county can’t get the calculations completed, so the bills are on hold.

TAGS: Cook County

Scandal recap: Stacy Davis Gates’ leadership of Chicago Teachers Union

By Hannah Schmid

05/12/2025

Chicago Teachers Union members have reason to question the leadership of President Stacy Davis Gates heading into the May 16 union election. Her many scandals have driven down the union’s reputation.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, Stacy Davis Gates

How Chicago Teachers Union election impacts those well past city limits

By Dylan Sharkey

05/01/2025

The Chicago Teachers Union election has two groups competing to lead one of the most militant unions in the nation. CTU has a hand in federal, state and local politics.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Township supervisor gets $224K, but salary drops to $25K if voters pick someone else

By Jess Plowman

01/23/2024

An embattled Chicago-area township supervisor is being accused of discouraging competition ahead of her campaign by cutting the position’s pay if she loses. It may be illegal, but someone would need to sue.

TAGS: townships

Brandon Johnson owes over $4K to Chicago, including tickets from 2014

By Dylan Sharkey

03/31/2023

Mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson owes the city more than $4,000 in unpaid bills and fines, including traffic tickets dating back to 2014. With income over $178K, he invokes ‘working-class’ struggles.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson

Everything you need to know about Illinois unemployment

By Brad Weisenstein

09/13/2021

The Illinois Department of Employment Security was ill-prepared to handle record numbers of unemployed workers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, was slow to distribute federal help, exposed Illinoisans' private information, then lefts thousands on hold awaiting answers. Here's the latest.

TAGS: IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, JB Pritzker, jobs, labor, taxes, unemployment

Pritzker administration forces Christian school to follow mask mandate

By Noah Shaar

08/16/2021

Timothy Christian Schools tried to keep their mask-optional policy despite Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s statewide school mask mandate. The state quickly stripped the schools of their recognition, crippling their high school seniors as they started college applications. Masks are now on.

TAGS: COVID-19, JB Pritzker, masks, private schools

Federal investigators digging deeper into Pritzker’s $331K property tax break

07/17/2020

Pritzker infamously removed toilets from his Gold Coast mansion in what the Cook County inspector general called a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers.

TAGS: corruption, JB Pritzker, property taxes

Illinois students should return to classrooms this fall

By Amy Korte

07/13/2020

Gov. J.B. Pritzker should set the expectation that Illinois schools will welcome students back to campus full-time for the 2020-2021 school year.

TAGS: emergency, executive order, JB Pritzker, K-12, public schools, stay at home order

Pritzker’s toilet removal contractor gets nearly $9M in COVID-19 work

05/28/2020

The contractor who removed toilets from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mansion in a $331,000 property tax scandal received a nearly $9 million COVID-19 contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The contractor hadn’t worked with the Corps in 76 years.

TAGS: federal investigation, JB Pritzker, property taxes, tax fraud

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When will Cook County expect 2nd property tax payment? Good question.

Scandal recap: Stacy Davis Gates’ leadership of Chicago Teachers Union

How Chicago Teachers Union election impacts those well past city limits

Township supervisor gets $224K, but salary drops to $25K if voters pick someone else

Brandon Johnson owes over $4K to Chicago, including tickets from 2014

Everything you need to know about Illinois unemployment

Pritzker administration forces Christian school to follow mask mandate

Federal investigators digging deeper into Pritzker’s $331K property tax break

Illinois students should return to classrooms this fall

Pritzker’s toilet removal contractor gets nearly $9M in COVID-19 work

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

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