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Illinois Air National Guard members work on a construction of the McCormick Place alternate care facility in Chicago, April 10, 2020.

Commentary: Let’s break the broken cycle: A long-term plan for using McCormick Place

April 18, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

The black box on the lake has been transformed. Rather than touting tourism numbers and trade show attendance, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot earlier this month delivered one...

Fire personnel transport a teen girl who was shot in the 5100 block of Fulton Street in the South Austin neighborhood late on July 1, 2016.

Commentary: Chicago should study LA police reforms for ways to really lower the homicide count

January 3, 2020 at 1:52 p.m.

Good news: Chicago homicides are down from the bloody peak of 762 in 2016. With a preliminary count of 492 in 2019, some officials are releasing a deep exhale. Compared...

As community advocate Helen Thomas talks to a television reporter, representatives of the Chicago Teachers Union hold up signs and shout slogans after holding a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, outside Simeon Career Academy in Chicago to protest against class sizes they say are too large.

Commentary: Democracy for CTU, but not for you: Chicago taxpayers should have a voice in costly union contracts

October 15, 2019 at 5:27 p.m.

More than 90% of Chicago Teachers Union members voted to authorize a strike during negotiations this fall. They will vote again, strike or no strike, to ratify a final agreement....

Then-Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot speaks as Senate President John Cullerton stands beside her at the Illinois Capitol on April 11, 2019. Lightfoot, a proponent of an elected school board, pumped the brakes on a proposal in Springfield last month.

Move to an elected school board, Chicago — but get it right

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Chicago at long last appears to be moving toward an elected school board. However, like all things in life, the devil is in the details. Get the details wrong and...

Mayor’s race gives us a shot at a new Chicago Way. Here are 4 ways to start.

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

There’s an old saying that if you’re lucky, life is one damn thing after another. If you’re not, it’s the same damn thing over and over. In Chicago, everyone thinks...

Chicago City Hall is shown in March 2016.

A federal solution to Chicago’s public pension mess

May 11, 2019 at 3:35 a.m.

If you experienced sticker shock with your latest real estate tax bill, or worry about what's around the corner with proposed big increases on your water and sewer bills, you...

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