David Greising – Page 19

Aerial view of the former Michael Reese Hospital site in Chicago in 2013. The site is among those proposed for a Chicago casino.

Commentary: The casino saga: A tale of shaky bets and … cannibals

September 19, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

I've just pored through two dark summer dramas that should be must reads. They're filled with tales of cannibalization, regional strife and conflict, horses, riverboats — and despair about the...

Traffic in downtown Chicago in 2017. Mayor Lori Lightfoot mentioned congestion pricing in her first State of the City address.

Commentary: A congestion tax won’t solve Chicago’s budget jam

September 5, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

In 2007, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg first floated a serious plan to bring congestion pricing to the car-choked streets of lower Manhattan. In 2019 — amid a subway crisis...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds her weekly press briefing at City Hall in Chicago on Aug. 12, 2019.

Commentary: Survey says … Lightfoot’s budget will be loaded with tough choices

August 22, 2019 at 5:38 p.m.

As Mayor Lori Lightfoot approaches her 100th day in office, Tuesday, she already has scored a number of historic firsts: first African American woman to be mayor of Chicago, the...

Then-Villa Park Village President Tom Cullerton goes door-to-door in 2012 as he campaigns for the Illinois senate.

Commentary: Blagojevich may walk, but his cell could be filled by other Illinois politicians

August 8, 2019 at 6:36 p.m.

When President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday he may commute the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, it made a certain sort of twisted sense. With all...

Western Illinois President Jack Thomas with his wife, Linda, was put on administrative leave for two years, during which time he will receive full annual pay of $270,528 plus benefits.

Commentary: Gardening tips for Mayor Lightfoot and Gov. Pritzker

July 11, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

As any gardener knows, the middle of July is that pivotal time when we need to pull the weeds or risk letting them strangle what's left for the remainder of...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot presides over the City Council meeting at City Hall in Chicago on June 12, 2019.

Commentary: Can Mayor Lightfoot’s growing team dig Chicago out of its financial mess?

June 27, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot keeps edging up to Chicago's fiscal mess, like a hiker toeing her way toward the rim of a steep canyon. And who can blame her? When it...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks to reporters following a City Council meeting on June 12, 2019.

Lightfoot talks tough to the FOP — will it backfire?

June 13, 2019 at 8:33 p.m.

In the passage of just a few days, Lori Lightfoot's mayoralty transitioned from initial cool command of the new job to a kerfuffle over an unproved rumor to another blistering...

Lori Lightfoot, right, listens to Ald. Ed Burke, far left, at her first City Council meeting as mayor, on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Lightfoot cut him off and said, "Alderman, please. Alderman, I will call you when I'm ready to hear from you."

Real pension reform? Mayor Lightfoot could hold the key

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Any question about Mayor Lori Lighftoot's ability to exert control over the Chicago City Council evaporated the moment Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, objected to the first procedural motion of the...

Lori Lightfoot will be sworn in as Chicago mayor on May 20, 2019. Some 400 experts have participated in her transition effort.

Can Lightfoot turn her all-inclusive transition brainstorm into real governing?

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

There is a difference between seeking expert opinion and crowdsourcing a cacophony. And Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot, in her come-one-come-all transition has flirted with the latter. At a carefully stage-managed event...

Initial City Council votes on committees and chairs and, after that, on aldermanic privilege will indicate the savvy — and chances for success — of the Lori Lightfoot administration.

For clues to Chicago’s future, watch Lightfoot’s first City Council meeting closely

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Lori Lightfoot has a lot on her plate as mayor-elect, but it might take just a few hours — during her first City Council meeting — to glimpse her chances...

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