From Our President Greising: While Mourning the Loss of Muckraker Bill Recktenwald, Here’s Some Good News for the Future of Newsrooms The death of government muckraker Bill Recktenwald is a loss. And we have plenty of reasons to mourn the state of newsrooms. But there is hope on the horizon for locally created news. Sep 3, 2021 10:00 AM
From Our President Greising: A Strong Clean-Energy Bill Will Be Good for Pritzker—And Good for the State And just such a bill—including true measures of reform and finally shutting down carbon-polluting coal-fired power plants—is now within the governor’s grasp. Sep 3, 2021 9:22 AM
From Our President Greising: The ‘Whole-of-Government’ Tack for the Pandemic Found Success. Will It Work Against Chicago Violence? If Chicago's whole-of-government approach to vaccinations was no simple feat, then imagine what it may take to address the economic, educational, health and social factors that contribute to the current surge in violent crime. Aug 20, 2021 10:00 AM
From Our President Greising: Since 2014, at Least 61 People Died in Buildings With Fire Safety Dangers Known to City Officials. Why Hasn’t Chicago Done More About This? Earlier this year, the Tribune teamed with the Better Government Association to report that 61 people had died over a six-year period in buildings with fire safety dangers that were known to the city. So far, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has taken no action in response to the report. Aug 6, 2021 11:00 AM
From Our President Greising: The Bigger Cybersecurity Risks Exposed by the Kwame Raoul Office Hack The attorney general's candor about the recent cyberattack on his operation is laudable. But it doesn’t begin to answer all the questions that still hang over the incident. Aug 6, 2021 9:22 AM
From Our President Greising: A ‘Paper Tiger’ Legislative Watchdog Isn’t Good Enough One person in Illinois has the power to bring much-needed strength to the legislative inspector general's office: Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Yet Pritzker has refused to exercise that power. Jul 23, 2021 11:35 AM
From Our President Greising: Finger-Pointing Isn’t a Crime-Fighting Plan, Mayor Lightfoot and her police chief have yet to deliver a strategy that works. When that strategy materializes, the state's attorney's office and the courts will do their parts. Jul 9, 2021 4:00 PM
From Our President Greising: The Unjust, Opaque Exercise of Aldermanic Privilege. It Needs To Go. Much of what we know as aldermanic privilege relies on the traditions of Chicago government, not powers granted in city ordinances. That makes it difficult to stamp it out for good. Jul 9, 2021 11:35 AM
From Our President Greising: Op-Ed: The Vital Nature of a Well-Turned Column. Good for the Reader, for Society Whether it starts a civic conversation or a bar stool bicker, a well-turned column is good for the reader, and for society as a whole. Jun 25, 2021 11:35 AM
From Our President Greising: The Tangled and Uncertain Future of Prairie State Energy Campus There are all kinds of moving parts in the multi-party, omnibus energy bill expected to be finalized next week in Springfield. Jun 12, 2021 11:35 AM
