From Our President For Speaker Michael Madigan, Court of Public Opinion Wields the Gavel The Illinois House Speaker has not been charged with a crime, and if that ever were to happen, he would be entitled to a presumption of innocence. The court of public opinion is a different story. Aug 7, 2020 1:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Michael Madigan Is in the Crosshairs, But We Can’t Let ComEd, ICC Slip from View The government-for-sale system needs to come to an end. But let’s reserve some outrage — and demand for reform — for the complicity and corrupt behavior of ComEd, the state’s largest utility. Jul 23, 2020 10:13 PM
From Our President Greising: These Two Wings Can Help Chicago's Cargo Biz Take Flight The Rockford area and the southern suburbs have deep needs for equity-focused investment. Here's an airport plan that can work for both. Jul 10, 2020 3:00 PM
From Our President Greising: If Gov. Pritzker Wants His ‘Fair Tax,’ It’ll Take More Than an Ad Blast Yet, while it may seem odd to use the case of a governor who lost his job as an example, there are lessons to take from the Ogilvie experience. Jul 10, 2020 10:26 AM
From Our President Greising: Amazon Doesn’t Need a Peotone Airport, Despite What the Politicians Say Amazon is on a building boom in the area. It has around 10 fulfillment centers in northeastern Illinois. But the e-commerce giant is making its new investment — and likely planning more — without so much as a public hint that it needs an extra airport in Peotone. Jun 26, 2020 9:30 AM
From Our President Greising: New $10M Fund for Rebuilding Chicago Businesses Is Just a Start The mayor is seeking systemic approaches to address the violence and poverty that plague the city. It's the right way to frame the problem. It also reveals the difficulty of the task she faces: Systemic change will be difficult, and cost a lot. Jun 12, 2020 3:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Defund CPD. A Popular Slogan but an Idea in Search of a Plan. The call has gone out all across the land: “Defund the police.” It’s a popular slogan, even if the details are far from clear. Jun 12, 2020 9:45 AM
From Our President Greising: FOIA Access Was Protected During a Hectic General Assembly Session. That’s a Good Thing During This Pandemic. This year, perhaps the worst bad idea was a proposal to suspend the Freedom of Information Act and block access to public records during the height of the COVID-19 crisis. May 29, 2020 10:18 AM
From Our President Greising: Some Want the Economy Flung Open. Wake Up. COVID-19’s No Hoax. COVID-19 is all too real. Each day brings a new revelation about its ability to avoid detection, its easy travel from carrier to victim, the way it teases the stricken with a brief bout of apparent recovery — before it goes in for the kill. May 15, 2020 9:00 AM
From Our President Greising: Next on the COVID Hit List: Free and Fair Elections It's time to start drawing up plans to broadly expand mail-in voting across Illinois. May 11, 2020 11:00 AM
