Whet Moser

If the strange industry of big-time college sports is dragged into the free market, the invisible hand could eliminate some mediocre but beloved teams.

The rise and fall of McDonald’s CEO, a night out with a Chicago men’s rights activist, and more.

The late Chicago journalist was a young staffer for this magazine when he captured the pulse of the city shortly before it elected its first black mayor.

The new governor's criminal justice-reform proposals could be popular with his opponents, while his controversial "employee empowerment zones" will be a tough sell with the courts.

Future plans for the Spire site, Rauner’s first challenge, the John Wayne Gacy mystery, and more

It was so bad, Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson hosted an hour-long live call-in show that allowed residents to bombard top bureaucrats with questions, capturing history (and the collapse of...

The counties with the highest rates of poverty tend to be the ones where Pat Quinn lost—and where Bruce Rauner will need to tread carefully while cutting government spending.

Imagine your own personal El car, running quietly along a small track and taking you directly to the station you request. It almost happened—in Rosemont.

Michigan's legislature is putting a sales-tax increase to voters in order to combat their crumbling roads—with the support of Republican governor Rick Snyder. If Illinois's new Republican leader decides it's...