12+ hour, 46+ min ago   (568+ words) Chicago city government is seeing an exodus of financial talent. City budget director Annette Guzman announced her resignation earlier this month. That followed resignations earlier this summer from the city’s CFO and deputy CFO.1 It’s coming at a bad time....

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (780+ words) Chicago City Council last week finalized six questions that will appear before Chicago voters. But do those questions actually matter? All six measures are non-binding, meaning they are essentially poll questions. Media coverage on these questions highlighted how Mayor Brandon…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (932+ words) Chicago Public Schools has produced some of the world’s brightest stars. But candidates for the November school board elections—the first fully elected school board in Chicago history—face a raging storm within the nation's fourth-largest school district. On Nov....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (655+ words) A Juneteenth celebration in Roseland ended in a mass drive-by shooting that left at least 14 people wounded. It was the most horrifying moment in a stretch of violence that has pushed Chicago’s 2026 homicide count 8% above last year’s pace. Backsliding on…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1018+ words) The U.S. men’s national soccer team opened the 2026 World Cup Friday night with its greatest performance in modern history: a 4-1 drubbing of Paraguay. But the tournament is a spectacle Chicago won’t be part of. And the former mayor who made that call…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1228+ words) From dinner table conversation, to City Council debates, to mayoral press conferences, teen takeovers may be the most prominent public safety topic in Chicago.1 Recent high-profile teen takeovers, also known as teen trends, include: A November 2025 incident near the Chicago…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (790+ words) Chicagoans just witnessed a watershed moment in the city’s political history. Chicago educators have dealt a stunning rebuke to Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates’ push for an $8.5M dues hike. “With approximately 80% of schools counted, if current voting trends…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (312+ words) Chicago Magazine ran a provocative piece by Edward McClelland last week, titled “The Progressive Slide.” “It wasn’t all that long ago that progressives had the momentum on City Council,” McClelland wrote. “Fast-forward to this March. They are no longer in…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (720+ words) “Has your brand become toxic?” This was a pointed question from WGN Political Editor Tahman Bradley, posed to Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates in a recent interview. Her immediate response: “I don’t understand the question.” When pressed, Gates…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (538+ words) Virginia voters last week narrowly approved a constitutional amendment allowing the state to redraw its political maps ahead of the 2026 midterms—joining a brushfire of mid-decade gerrymandering sparked in Texas. But mapmaking isn’t just a game for congressional districts. Chicago…...