Category: Editorials

Security deposit regulations overreached. So now Chicago is stuck with worse “move-in fees.”

Approval of a sprawling River West apartment complex that would create 490 affordable units is being delayed by union demands.

Another loan program provides access to college financing, but it isn’t going to do anything to tackle the high – and growing – cost of attending college in Illinois. 

Mayor Brandon Johnson traveled to Springfield Tuesday carrying a set of budget requests far more modest than last year.

Court order notwithstanding, Mayor Johnson’s school board allies are still trying to sideline Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez.

If Democrats think the path back to voters’ hearts runs through a minefield of f-bombs, they’re in for another rough election cycle.

Illinois farmers are busy these days planting corn and soybeans and keeping a watchful eye on storms blowing in — from Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump’s trade wars have sidelined China and discouraged other important customers of American agriculture, setting the Grain Belt on edge. At the same time, cutbacks at the U.S. Department of […]

If the goal of American politics is merely to erase the other side’s advantage, we’ve lost sight of what matters most: a relentless focus on serving the people.

We’ll never solve the health crisis – or the poverty crisis – by simply policing the snack aisle.

Dick Durbin, who announced his retirement from the U.S. Senate Wednesday, served Illinoisans with distinction.