From Our President Greising: Lightfoot Talks Tough to the FOP — Will It Backfire? Mayor Lori Lightfoot has gone out of her way to draw a distinction between FOP leadership and rank-and-file officers. Will it bring reform? Jun 14, 2019 12:00 PM
From Our President Greising: What Our Gambling and Pot Fix Says About Illinois Studies show states that turn to gambling and pot tend to have few other options. Heavily in debt, losing population, facing difficulties funding pensions or even paying its bills, Illinois fits the description. Jun 7, 2019 6:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Real Pension Reform? Mayor Lightfoot Could Hold the Key With a mandate for reform and evidence of a deeper-than-realized budget hole, Mayor Lori Lightfoot could push Springfield for action on pension reform. May 31, 2019 12:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Can Lightfoot Turn Her All-inclusive Transition Brainstorm Into Real Governing? The Chicago mayor-elect has involved some 400 experts in her transition effort. Will any of those ideas turn into action? May 17, 2019 12:00 PM
From Our President Greising: What Lori Lightfoot Could Steal From Harold Washington's Playbook If she continues leveraging the capacity of civic and business leaders, without abandoning the progressives who helped elect her, she could have the formula for a lasting impact on economic equity in a city that badly needs it. May 10, 2019 6:00 PM
From Our President Greising: For Clues to Chicago's Future, Watch Lightfoot's First City Council Meeting Closely Once she takes office as Chicago's next mayor, Lori Lightfoot will face her first test: shoring up power among the City Council members. May 3, 2019 12:00 PM
From Our President Covering Lori Lightfoot: Past BGA Board Member and Now, Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot served on the BGA board from December 2013 to July 2015. The BGA intends to hold Chicago’s new mayor and her administration accountable for upholding our core standards of good government. Apr 12, 2019 4:10 PM
From Our President Greising: Pritzker Needs to Go All the Way on a Fiscal Fix So long as the governor is considering a change to the Illinois Constitution, he should not stop with just one. Apr 5, 2019 6:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Lightfoot's Election Night Speech Was One to Savor — but What's Really Possible? Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot's first priority must be wrangling the city's fiscal mess. Apr 5, 2019 12:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Tradition of Dirty Politics Slithers Into Mayoral Runoff Contest, but We've Come a Long Way Since 1983 Flyers that cropped up last weekend, featuring broadsides against mayoral finalist Lori Lightfoot’s sexuality, reflect the tradition of dirty politics in Chicago. But in comparison with the ugly race baiting that surfaced during Harold Washington's 1983 mayoral run, maybe we've come a long way. Mar 22, 2019 12:00 PM
