John Bouman

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, shown March 22, 2019, wants to create a graduated income tax system that would raise the rate for taxpayers making more than $250,000.

Illinois should tax its residents fairly

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

It's no secret that Illinois faces challenges that threaten the future of our state. After four years of an administration that held our budget hostage and refused to stabilize state...

People wait in a long line at St. Columbanus Catholic Church food pantry in Chicago to receive Thanksgiving Day turkeys and other food items on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018.

What if you had to feel hunger pangs?

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

On a frigid morning earlier this month on the South Side, people of every race and age lined up out the front door of the Greater Lawn Public Health Center...

DON’T MAKE `REFORM’ A PENALTY

August 19, 2021 at 2:51 a.m.

Meet Sarah, a 30-year-old client of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago whose name has been changed in the interest of confidentiality. When Sarah learned that she was pregnant, she...

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