Insurance companies regularly raise their rates, often with no prior insurance claim or other unforeseen event to warrant the hikes.
Sen. Michael E. Hastings: We must protect Illinois families from unfair insurance premium hikes
Category: Commentary
Laura Washington: Walgreens is closing stores and creating pharmacy deserts on Chicago’s South and West sides
The five local Walgreens stores to be closed are all on the city’s South and West sides, serving African American and Latino neighborhoods.
Daniel DePetris: President Donald Trump doesn’t have a foreign policy yet
What we have is a lot of noise from Donald Trump but not much in the way of actual policy.
Diana Simpson and Will Aronin: Chicago’s abusive towing practices flip American justice on its head
Despite reforms, Chicago still holds cars for ransom, requiring people to pay everything before giving people their cars back.
John T. Shaw: Congress could take a lesson on independence from a southern Indiana moderate
A former moderate congressman from Indiana, Lee Hamilton, believed Congress should work with, but not be a supplicant to, the executive branch.
Sen. Dick Durbin: Big Pharma should disclose prices on drug advertisements
Requiring price disclosures on advertisements for prescription drugs would empower patients and reduce excess spending on medications.
George Cardenas: When reimagining downtown Chicago, don’t forget the power of taxes
In addition to tax increment financing, Cook County’s property tax system has tax incentives for commercial investments.
Edward Keegan: Redesign of the area around the United Center is being done (mostly) right
There needs to be clarification about how these extensive new “parks” in the plans to redevelop the area around the United Center will operate.
Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s pardons must not lead to the unpardonable
Hindsight, as the old saying goes, is always 20/20. That thought came to mind after a couple of the roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 offenders given pardons and commutations by President Trump said they didn’t want it.
Faith leaders: The religion of America’s empire forsakes the whole for the sake of the few
How do we respond to this dawning age of empire through a commitment to creation? We can start in our innermost circle, and radiate outward.