Gov. JB Pritzker and others issued the mandates in order to protect the citizenry and limit hospitalizations and deaths.
Letters: Gov. JB Pritzker’s disaster proclamations during COVID-19 were not the actions of a king
Category: Opinion
Peter Cunningham: Some advice for sanctuary city mayors before they testify in Washington
Republicans in Congress will use their hearing to humiliate blue city mayors, please the White House and fire up Donald Trump’s MAGA base.
Editorial: As Chicago’s finances worsen, aldermen must summon actual courage on the council floor
Chicago’s finances are in such a precarious state that aldermen must vote more courageously, even if it means angering the mayor.
Gov. JB Pritzker: Up to a million Illinoisans will lose health care coverage with slashing of Medicaid
Republicans passed a budget that will mean stripping away health care from working families to finance tax cuts for a privileged few.
Annie Abbott: Multilingualism not a threat. It belongs in our country.
In the current fearmongering against immigrants, language is used as a proxy for who belongs in the United States — or who does not.
Ald. Desmon Yancy: Chicago demands more from you, Mayor Johnson
As I look back over the past two years, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been the opposite of what we hoped for.
Letters: The Rev. Michael Pfleger’s political stand is ironic and hypocritical
Does anyone see the irony — or is it hypocrisy — in the Rev. Michael Pfleger criticizing President Donald Trump?
Editorial: The 50 new Chicago speed cameras are all about cash — not safety
We’re sick of the charade. These new cameras are not about safety – they’re a cash grab, and the city is leaning on speed camera revenue to balance its budget.
Health researchers: Flu cases are unnecessarily on the rise. Policy failures are to blame.
Funding to Medicaid should be maintained, and the federal government should invest in efforts to promote vaccinations.
Editorial: Another layer of bureaucracy isn’t the answer for beleaguered pharmacies, Gov. Pritzker
Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed a new state board to ride herd on pharmacy benefit managers. Bad idea.