The Editorial Board – Page 27

Employees extract early voting ballots at the Cook County Clerk’s Election Operation Center in Cicero on March 12, 2026, where thousands of pieces of voting equipment are stored, tested and distributed. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Editorial: The best answer to election fraud claims is old-fashioned transparency

July 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The problem that’s cropped up in New Jersey should trigger a wider response by the states to ensure the integrity of their voter rolls.

Mayor Brandon Johnson in the Albany Park neighborhood on July 20, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Editorial: Is Mayor Brandon Johnson running for reelection?

July 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

City Council is making it harder for Mayor Brandon Johnson to win a second term.

A person walks past the closed State/Lake “L” station in Chicago on Jan. 5, 2026. The renovated CTA station will reopen in 2029. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Editorial: Michigan Avenue is improving. But State Street has never looked so shabby.

July 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Frank Sinatra's 'Great Street' looks worryingly down at heel.

Children shop for back-to-school supplies on July 25, 2022, at OfficeMax in Lincoln Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Editorial: Two cheers for the upcoming Illinois sales tax holiday

July 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Time your back-to-school shopping to pay less tax. Briefly.

North Milwaukee Avenue runs through the Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods in front of the skyline on May 6, 2026, on Chicago’s Northwest Side. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Editorial: Illinoisans hate high property taxes. So why do we keep voting for them?

July 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Illinois homeowners pay among the highest property taxes in America. Why can't that be enough?

Mayra Macías, an independent candidate for the 4th Congressional District seat, speaks at a Board of Elections hearing in Chicago on July 21, 2026, where Macías and Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez were ordered off the ballot. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Editorial: Byron Sigcho-Lopez and Mayra Macías are ordered off the ballot. Democracy loses.

July 21, 2026 at 4:42 p.m.

Democrats need to fix the unfair challenges against independent candidates

Vendor Allen Brown waits to sell his wares to few customers on Oct. 21, 2025, at a mostly empty Swap-O-Rama market in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago after an immigration raid the previous week. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Editorial: The ICE crackdowns in Chicago and Minneapolis took an economic toll, too

July 21, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

ICE excursions cost Chicago real money.

People walk, run and bike on the Lakefront Trail in Chicago under moderately hazy skies on July 19, 2026, as wildfire smoke returned to the area and air quality warnings were issued. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Editorial: Behold the new rules of a Midwest summer. One, check the air quality first.

July 20, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

Sun shining? You can no longer assume you can just head outside.

Chicago Public Schools Superintendent and CEO Macquline King, left, listens as people talk during a forum on June 23, 2026, on the CPS budget for the upcoming school year at Westinghouse College Prep. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Editorial: CTU’s ‘dead on arrival’ sound bite is no answer to the CPS budget woes

July 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

What happens when an immovable CTU meets an unstoppable CPS crisis.

State Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, votes on a bill in the House chamber at the Illinois State Capitol on April 8, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Editorial: Springfield owes us the full story on former state Rep. Harry Benton

July 20, 2026 at 9:23 a.m.

Reporting indicates concerns about Benton’s behavior were documented for years before anything became public, despite Welch's insistence that his office took "appropriate action."

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