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Why Are Chicago Mayors So Obsessed with an O'Hare Express Train?
Is it to get travelers downtown a bit faster, or is it chasing a status symbol?
Taxing Services Like Hair Salons Could Bring in Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Illinois lags far behind our neighbors' taxes in Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, and Wisconsin—missing out on millions, even billions, of dollars in revenues.
This Week’s 10 Must-Read Stories
How police in schools get minimal oversight, a Wikipedia editor’s revenge, and the myth of bootstrap economics.
Why Gunshot Victims in Cook County Don't Get the Treatment They Need
A new study finds that too many gunshot victims—one in six—who should be going to trauma units are "undertriaged" to hospitals without them.
How Hundreds of Lawyers Fought "Chaos" at O'Hare After Trump's Travel Ban
The makeshift group of lawyers, organized on Facebook, has gone from handwritten signs to an entire workflow system to help those being barred from the country.
Americans Want Health Care Reform More Than Anything Else
And most of them would prefer to keep some form of the Affordable Care Act—putting the GOP in a bind.
This Week’s 10 Must-Read Stories
The court case that could shut down Illinois government, a college freshman exodus, and the truth about Syrian refugees.
What Is (and Isn't) Odd About Trump's "Send in the Feds" Tweet
The President's threat of unilateral action in Chicago was quickly walked back by his press secretary. But it shows just how much influence TV news has on his mood.
UPDATE: Could Chicago Lose Over $1 Billion Because of Trump? Not Quite Yet.
Donald Trump signed an executive order to strip "sanctuary cities" funds, but three huge barriers remain between this and Chicago losing 14 percent of its budget.