The mounting debt piling up at the state and local levels threatens to prolong the nation’s economic problems and delay recovery.
The recently-formed State Budget Crisis Task Force looked at the debt woes of six state, including Illinois, and found the growing list of pension and other debt obligations is overtaking those states’ finances and is a major threat to their stability.
The key question for voters is how much the money and endorsements might matter after the new mayor is sworn in.
The Better Government Association and the League of Women Voters of Chicago support a more independent Chicago City Council, but caution against letting the current body set the rules for the incoming membership.
Violent crime is an urgent problem in Chicago. But fires are killers, too, preying on people of color in poor neighborhoods.
Learn about the BGA Policy’s agenda for the City of Chicago in 2023
