Pritzker has used COVID-19 to push the Fair Tax, and Lightfoot to loosen the municipal purse strings. That could cost them the moral high ground needed to govern in a crisis. Read more
It wasn't just the Bulls that usurped the city's gangster image, but Wilco, Liz Phair, Charlie Trotter, and a state senator named Barack Obama. Read more
By Rachel Bertsche, Amy Cavanaugh, Marcia Froelke Coburn, Aimee Levitt, Jake Malooley, Edward McClelland, Tal Rosenberg, Mike Thomas, and Lauren Williamson
They come from all over the city and from every field, but those who made the rankings have one thing in common: They’ve got clout, and they know how to use it. Read more
Keeping Chicagoans indoors is the most important civic project of Lightfoot's mayoralty. That she's leaning on humor to do it doesn't make her a cartoon character, but a sharp leader. Read more
Activists and legislators want Gov. Pritzker to overturn Illinois's rent control ban and issue a statewide freeze. But that requires an act of the General Assembly, which is in recess due to... coronavirus. Read more
How Chicago dealt with the 1918 Spanish flu, where to order takeout and see local theater, and how Hyde Parkers are encouraging children to hunt bears. Read more
