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Gov. JB Pritzker hosts a roundtable about housing after delivering his annual State of the State and budget address on Feb. 18, 2026, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Michael Schill: JB Pritzker and Donald Trump agree housing affordability is a major problem. How do we fix it?

May 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

There is bipartisan agreement that government is a big part of the housing affordability problem. It is time to act.

Activists hug after Northwestern University officials announced that they have reached an agreement with students and faculty protesting the Israel-Hamas war on April 29, 2024, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Michael Schill: Here’s why I reached an agreement with Northwestern protesters

May 10, 2024 at 8:08 a.m.

This resolution at Northwestern University was possible because we chose to see our students not as a mob but as young people who are learning.

A mural hangs outside Ryan Field, home of the football program at Northwestern University in Evanston on July 11, 2023.

Michael Schill: I accept the criticism over Northwestern’s hazing scandal. We can and will do better.

August 3, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

Since the findings from an independent investigation of hazing in our football program at Northwestern University were announced on July 7, our student-athletes and our coaches have been thrust into...

A student walks past the Widener Library steps at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in July. The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments this fall about race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

Michael Schill: Removing race from admissions decisions would do lasting damage to American universities

October 28, 2022 at 4:12 p.m.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases filed against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that could profoundly alter...

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