The CEO of the influential Illinois Policy Institute, whose employees were recruited en masse for governor's office positions, sits down to talk about pensions, Madigan, and who controls Springfield. Read more
Sheila Nix has worked with a charitable rock star, a disgraced former governor, and a—possible?—future president and first lady. Here's what she said about all of them. Read more
This ambitious Cook County commissioner talks about working first as an activist, then under Rich Daley, and now in the "least sexy" unit of local government. Read more
