Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/government-and-politics/page/2/)
To win support from voters and the City Council, the mayor will have to address budget shortfalls while reducing regressive taxation and responding to demands for better services and economic development in long-neglected communities.
Recent scandals involve economic development programs in New Jersey and Maryland highlight their many flaws, including a lack of oversight and their ineffectiveness.\
Ticket fine reform is coming to Chicago, but one key measure requires state legislation.
Chicago’s new mayor criticized developer Bob Dunn for slipping authorization for $5 billion into the state capital budget for a giant new transit hub next to Soldier Field.
Questions of location and revenue remain as Illinois passes a huge gambling expansion bill.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to head the Chicago Board of Education has a long record of independence in advocating for public education and neighborhood schools.
The US public is more aware than ever of partisan gerrymandering, and they’re pushing local governments to make reforms.
The Illinois Traffic Stop Study — launched 15 years ago under legislation sponsored by then-State Sen. Barack Obama — would have ended on June 30.
As officials revisit one of Rahm Emanuel’s most controversial policies, providers have different ideas for how to restore care to the many patients who have fallen through the cracks.
Dollar for dollar, Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot spent less than half as much as Toni Preckwinkle to clinch her landslide victory.