Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/category/key-issue/government-and-politics/page/2/)
A bill sitting on the governor’s desk would heed the call of Illinois voters, a majority of whom endorsed a minimum wage increase in a 2014 referendum.
Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan’s proposals for a property tax freeze and workers’ comp cuts won’t solve the issues that got Illinois into its budget mess in the first place.
The Supreme Court upheld targeted internment during World War II, but public opinion is key to delegitimizing its use against Muslims in the Trump era.
With the GOP threatening health care coverage, especially for Medicaid recipients, activists are demanding answers from local lawmakers who are quietly supporting the bills.
The mayor backs a gun law that will send more black people to prison and won’t support a Jefferson Park housing project facing racist opposition.
Proposed legislation in Illinois and states across the country requires hedge fund and private equity managers to pay income taxes like the rest of us do.
Our Revolution Chicago wants to advance a local progressive movement built on grassroots organizing, not patronage.
Elected officials need to begin digging Chicago and Illinois out of years of shortsighted fiscal policy, but political gridlock is giving them a pass.
A new study quantifies how much the region is losing in lives, income, gross domestic product, and educational achievement due to its high level of racial and economic segregation.
The mayor has a habit of making sweeping announcements but doing little to follow through or provide the necessary resources to create change.