Editorial: Now the real work begins on the most painful Chicago budget season in years By The Editorial Board August 26, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Summer is ending, which means a new season is about to start. Yes, autumn, but...
Editorial: Biometric privacy laws must evolve with the times By The Editorial Board August 26, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. It’s important to keep laws up to date with fast moving technology. It’s also important...
Editorial: In Moline, the trade wars weigh on an important Illinois manufacturer By The Editorial Board August 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. The Trump administration's tariffs are hurting demand for the bumper crop Illinois farmers are growing...
Editorial: The threat of a teachers strike in Naperville schools By The Editorial Board August 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. When public-sector unions make demands, everyone else pays. And when they strike, essential public services...
Editorial: How JB Pritzker and others in Springfield ought to parry Stacy Davis Gates By The Editorial Board August 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Despite her unpopularity, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates manages to put Illinois' governor...
Editorial: Pat Fitzgerald and his legal wildcats roll Northwestern By The Editorial Board August 25, 2025 at 8:14 a.m. Terms of the settlement between Northwestern and fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald weren't disclosed. But...
Editorial: Illinois moves the goalposts on reading, math and science By The Editorial Board August 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Lowering expectations won’t inspire better outcomes. It risks misleading parents and denying the very students...
Editorial: The last thing Chicago needs is Washington-style dystopia By The Editorial Board August 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. The last thing Chicago needs is a federal takeover, a la Washington, D.C.
Editorial: ‘The public thinks the game is rigged’ says Mike Quigley. Is the ‘Abundance’ argument the solution? By The Editorial Board August 21, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. "Abundance" is popular summer reading. Can it save Chicago?
Editorial: What Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s words on disagreement can teach us By The Editorial Board August 21, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. We need to normalize it being OK to disagree with people on politics without hating...