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Gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, left, and Gov. Bruce Rauner debate at the Quincy Community Theatre in Quincy on Oct. 11, 2018.

Tale of two houses doesn’t help voters on Rauner vs. Pritzker

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

At the end of a bitterly fought gubernatorial campaign, it has come down to this: a tale of two houses. That’s right. The two leading candidates — Democrat J.B. Pritzker...

In this March 23, 2017, file photo a small weed grows in the parking lot outside a Sears retail store in north Dallas. Sears' Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, will have rippling effects on everything from its workers to suppliers.

Demise of Sears stains the business image of the Chicago region

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Writing about Sears Holdings Corp.’s bankruptcy is a bit like dusting off a corporate obituary that’s been in the works for years: Sears Holdings, the former Sears, Roebuck & Co....

Prosecutor Joe McMahon, center, addresses Judge Vincent Gaughan during Officer Jason Van Dyke's murder trial on Sept. 19, 2018. The racially tinged case loomed over Mayor Rahm Emanuel as he decided whether to seek a third term.

Emanuel hasn’t fixed Chicago’s crime problem. Will the next mayor?

May 31, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

No one, other than Mayor Rahm Emanuel, will ever know exactly why he decided against seeking re-election. But there can be little doubt that the decision to sit on the...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, and Gov. Bruce Rauner chat before a press conference in Chicago on Oct. 19, 2017.

Emanuel and Rauner: A squandered relationship that cost the city and the state

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Rahm and Rauner. Rauner and Rahm. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner could have made beautiful music together. Instead, there has been nothing but discord. Theirs is as petty...

Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot plans to broadly expand the power of the city inspector general.

Can Chicago’s mayoral candidates stomach powerful inspectors general?

May 31, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Chicago politics is filled with unwritten rules befitting the city’s clout-drenched history. One such classic was once directed at a young Abner Mikva, who went on to become a federal...

Friends and family members wait outside of Stroger Hospital on Aug. 5, 2018. At least 75 people were shot in one of the most violent weekends of the year in Chicago, spurred by a 7-hour period early Sunday morning when 41 people were shot. Many of those injured were treated at Stroger.

When will Chicago’s violence evoke true citywide outrage?

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

The first freshly dead body I ever saw lay in the back of a police vehicle, an African-American teenager who had tried to shoot an off-duty cop. He missed, and...

The dueling tycoons: Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, left, and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.

The glut of lowbrow gubernatorial TV ads

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

The dueling tycoons are filling the summer airwaves with an onslaught of ads that are memorable for their meanness and estrangement from the truth — and utterly devoid of solutions...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, center, and Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson welcome police recruits in Chicago on May 21, 2018. After Officer Jason Van Dyke killed Laquan McDonald, Emanuel replaced police chief Garry McCarthy with Johnson.

Could Emanuel lose his re-election bid? It depends.

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

It was a case of police abuse that riveted the nation. Videotaped violence, under the cloak of darkness, at the hands of uniformed cops. Cries for reform and soul searching...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, left, shakes hands with Liberty Justice Center founder and chairman John Tillman outside the Supreme Court after the ruling in Janus v. AFSCME on June 27, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

The Janus ruling doesn’t have to be a death knell for public unions

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in ruling in favor of Mark Janus’ free speech rights to withhold a $45 monthly payment to the union at his Illinois government workplace, struck a...

Elon Musk and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce plans June 14, 2018, in the unfinished station under Block 37 where Musk's Boring Company plans to build a tunnel for high-speed transit to O'Hare International Airport.

Will Musk’s Chicago dream come true?

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel may never get his Amazon HQ2. Other cities look like they’re the front-runners for one of the biggest job-creation engines of the digital age. But it looks...

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