Opinion & Comment
Comment: It's Just Life in the Big City...
A burning train car, a shooting under the Christmas lights, a killing in a doorway. Three tragedies close in space and time, the cause all the same. And no one with the sense to stop it.
Chicago Politics
Chicago Politics from the Chicago Journal.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: The Bell Tolls Not for Madigan, but for Thee
The sound of a once-mighty machine is replaced by a resounding crack of a gavel, the final note in a symphony of corruption, patronage, and unchecked power that spanned more than half a century.
Illinois Politics
An Introduction to AI-Assisted Analysis in Illinois
Curious about how AI and humans can team up locally? Explore this deep dive on Illinois corruption as a real-world experiment. Hopefully, AI can help us unite data-driven analysis with creative understanding for a smarter, more transparent future. Either way, this is only the beginning.
Satire
Opinion & Comment: Let's Go, Brandon!
Contributor Wink Swindell cheers the Mayor's 6.6% approval crash, his $830M bond spree, and sanctuary city bravado. He urges the mayor to go all-in, ignore fleeing business and debt, and embrace a raucous spiral into the People's Republic of Chicago's glorious unknown. As long as he gets a piece...
Chicago News
Kim Foxx won't seek third term
“I leave now with my head held high, with my heart full, knowing that better days are ahead,” Foxx said. “And it has been my honor and my privilege on behalf of project kids across this city."
Chicago Politics
Johnson elected Chicago mayor in victory for progressives
Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, won a close race over former Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas.
Chicago Politics
Chicago chooses between progressive, moderate for mayor
The top two vote-getters in the all-Democrat but officially nonpartisan race moved to the Tuesday runoff because no candidate received over 50% of the vote.
Chicago Journal
ComEd, Madigan focus of federal bribery trial in Illinois
While Madigan, 80, will feature in much of the testimony and evidence, he won't be in court. He has been indicted, but he isn't a defendant at the current trial in U.S. District Court. He isn't expected to testify either. His own trial is scheduled for next year.
Chicago Journal
Chicago police superintendent to step down in 2 weeks
Superintendent David Brown made the announcement the day after Chicago's mayoral primary election in which crime in the nation's third largest city was a central issue.
Chicago Journal
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff
Vallas, a former schools CEO backed by the police union, and Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, advanced to the April 4 runoff after none of the nine candidates was able to secure over 50% of the vote to win outright.
Chicago Journal
How Chicago elects a mayor, and why a winner may take weeks
To win the office outright, a candidate needs to receive more than 50% of the vote. That's unlikely with such a large field, so the race is expected to go to an April 4 runoff between the top two vote-getters.
Chicago News
Chicago mayor's race dominated by concerns about city crime
Far from being an outlier, the nation’s third-largest city is just the latest Democratic stronghold where public safety has become a top election issue.