David Greising: What do Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s transition choices foretell?
In all of Chicago today, only two people know what it is like to rise from relative obscurity to the mayor's office in a matter of months. One is Lori...
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David Greising: Will Chicago’s next mayor be beholden to the union that supported him?
Dance with the one who brought you: It's generally good advice. And for politicians, it's the predictable result of the American electoral process. In the campaign for mayor of the...
David Greising: Mayoral runoff candidates are overlooking a major public safety problem — fatal fires
Public safety is the key issue that ruined Mayor Lori Lightfoot's chance for reelection. To hear mayoral runoff contenders Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas tell how they would fix the...
David Greising: If Vallas and Johnson can stick with the issues, Chicagoans will be better off
Voters on Tuesday selected two candidates whose disagreements on the issues could not be sharper. There is potential for a battle of ideas over the next few weeks between Paul...
David Greising: Annual budget-making won’t solve Illinois’ pension crisis. We need a far-reaching fix-it plan.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker started his budget address on Wednesday with a passel of numbers meant to get our attention. During his first term, the state has eliminated a $17 billion...
David Greising: With Laurence Msall’s passing, Chicago has lost a noble fighter for fiscal responsibility
Most anyone can be a critic. To rise above criticism — and become the public conscience of a city and state — now that takes some doing. A voice of...
David Greising: Are Chicago’s mayoral candidates conjuring up useful solutions for the city’s challenges?
The City Club of Chicago in the last few weeks has conducted a mayoral pageant of sorts, with four of the nine candidates crossing the stage since the beginning of...
David Greising: Pritzker’s appearance at Davos could mark a turning point
I rise to acknowledge that Gov. J. B. Pritzker this year officially became a "Davos Person," traveling to a tiny Swiss village with hundreds of other global-leader types, after two...
David Greising: If state’s high court blocks it, Pritzker may find another path to carry out cash bail reform
It was a no-brainer that the Illinois Supreme Court needed to step in to avert chaos once a Kankakee County judge invalidated portions of a state law designed to end...
David Greising: Three separate proceedings and one common theme: The scourge of violent crime in Illinois
Criminal justice and gun violence are defining concerns of modern life. Concerns about safety on the streets, equity in our society, the fundamental right to self-protection, and the costs to...