What now that Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office soon will stop enforcing home confinement of accused criminals?
Editorial: Cook County faces a moment of truth on electronic monitoring of criminal defendants
Category: Editorials
Editorial: You won, Mr. Trump. There’s no call for litigation against the Des Moines Register.
The Des Moines Register’s wildly inaccurate Iowa poll days before the national election is cause for embarrassment, not a lawsuit.
Editorial: Downtown Chicago paid too high a price for slowpoke, ill-conceived Kennedy Expressway construction
The endless Kennedy Expressway reconstruction project has spoiled the holiday season for a city in need of economic action.
Editorial: Some see a silver lining to Chicago’s woes. Cheaper high-end condos downtown.
The Chicago-area residential real estate market as a whole is holding up fine. Plummeting downtown values still are concerning.
Editorial: Finally, aldermanic brakes are pressed on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s disastrous spending acceleration
However the 2025 budget crisis is resolved, the most important takeaway from the past month is that city government is unaffordable.
Editorial: Will a bloated Walgreens, troubled for years, swallow a bitter pill for Chicago?
The iconic Chicago drugstore Walgreens is on the ropes despite its massive size. Store closings and layoffs are likely.
Editorial: Aldermen, vote for this bloated Chicago budget at your political peril. Peer cities are not so reckless in their spending.
Spending growth in Chicago since the year before the pandemic far exceeds other major U.S. cities.
Editorial: Immigration czar Tom Homan treats a Christmas party like a good opportunity to threaten Chicagoans. Bad idea.
Trump Immigration czar Tom Homan hijacks a Christmas Party with crude bluster. Dial it back, man.
Editorial: Head-spinning Brandon Johnson staff issues call for City Hall culture reset
A cluster or senior-staff controversies illuminates a lack of accountability in Brandon Johnson’s City Hall.
Editorial: Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls — there’s pain wherever a Chicago sports fan looks. If they can even watch.
As a city, Chicago is struggling in many ways. Some escapism would be nice, but our professional sports teams aren’t obliging.