Editorial: City Council makes fitful, but important progress on Chicago’s housing woes
We agree that incorporating granny flats — coachhouses or converted basements, for example — could...
Editorials
Editorial: As Thornton Township supervisor, Napoleon Harris III is getting paid like he’s Tiffany Henyard
A $200,000-plus salary as township supervisor was a central part of the scandalous narrative around...
Editorial: Managers of exotic investments want more access to your 401(k). Bad idea.
A rapidly growing corner of Wall Street — private-equity and private-credit fund managers — wants...
Editorial: Suburban mayoral campaigns shouldn’t cost this much
Unfortunately, local mayoral races are starting to take on features more typically associated with campaigns...
Editorial: A second chance for school choice in Illinois
Now the ball’s back in Gov. JB Pritzker’s court once more for school choice.
Editorial: Gov. Pritzker and State Farm should stop throwing rhetorical bombs at each other and start negotiating
Gov. JB Pritzker and State Farm need each other. There should be a path to...
Editorial: A city where every teen can find work — that should be the goal
Wouldn't it be great if Chicago's economy so strong that businesses could afford to hire...
Editorial: Alarm bells are ringing for Chicago in Kraft Heinz’s decision to split in two
Chicago is in another cycle of losing too many corporate headquarters. So it's bad news...
Editorial: TSA gives ‘shoes off’ policy the boot
With an end to removing your shoes at the airport, an irritant of modern life...
Editorial: The risk of nuclear war waned after the Cold War. It’s back with a vengeance.
The 1980s witnessed mass demonstrations demanding a nuclear freeze. Today, the threat of nuclear war...