[S]uburban Rosemont is offering its homeowners $3,000 grants. The village may not have landed the big casino, but it has lots of commercial development and relatively few residents. Mayor Brad Stephens likens this year’s grant — the village has parceled out...
The BGA is not the first, nor the second or third, to write about reducing the size of the city counsel. But in this story here they do a better job than just about anyone I’ve seen. The wrap-up is equally important. These ideas need champions who will talk...
Chicago Magazine has a great story about corruption in Illinois. Big truth here: Of course, most generous donors don’t give merely out of purity of heart. “Those large sums of money from all kinds of special interests—they’re invested for a purpose,” says Adlai...
Meeks says he’s long been mindful of the rules laid out by the Internal Revenue Service, but it’s clear he chafes at restrictions that prevent churches and other charitable groups from endorsing and contributing to political campaigns. “I am running...
The stage is set for a confrontation over Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis’ upcoming plan to reallocate police resources from lower-crime districts to those that need more officers. Days before the plan is expected to be unveiled, the Fraternal Order of Police is...