From Our President Greising: Mayor's Race a Numbers Game for Candidates and Voters Running for mayor is a game of numbers. The date of announcement is a number. The money in the kitty is a number. The cold calculations about constituencies, canvassers, endorsements and timing are all about numbers. Nov 16, 2018 6:00 AM
From Our President Greising: It's Time for Pritzker to Level With Us About Taxes and Spending During his successful campaign for governor, J.B. Pritzker revealed little about his tax and spending plans. Now that he's won, slogans parading as a campaign platform won't do anymore. Nov 9, 2018 6:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Tale of Two Houses Doesn't Help Voters on Rauner vs. Pritzker Illinois gubernatorial candidates Gov. Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker had some explaining to do regarding residences, however neither candidate provided voters with strong positions on issues that would send them to the polls. Nov 2, 2018 6:00 AM
From Our President Greising: Demise of Sears Stains the Business Image of the Chicago Region The story of Sears’ failure is one of corporate hubris, failed financial engineering, an inability to respond to competitors — and even a waste of public money. Oct 19, 2018 6:00 AM
From Our President Greising: Is Waste Management Abusing Chicago's Recycling Program? The mayor privatized the city's blue-cart recycling program with the idea that for-profit companies would do a better job than city crews. But four years in, the result has been pretty much garbage in, garbage out. Oct 12, 2018 6:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Emanuel Hasn't Fixed Chicago's Crime Problem. Will the Next Mayor? Rahm Emanuel has been widely praised for accomplishments in many parts of his job. But despite his many talents, the crime issue has proved beyond his capacity to fix, and those who want to succeed him must prove they’ve got ideas that might work. Sep 21, 2018 6:00 AM
From Our President Greising: How Amazon Headquarters Hunt Changes as Emanuel Exits Before Emanuel's surprise announcement to leave office, Chicago probably wasn't in the game for Amazon's HQ2. Now unleashed from the constraints of politics, he just might pay whatever it costs to get back in. Sep 7, 2018 6:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Emanuel and Rauner: A Squandered Relationship That Cost the City and the State Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner’s feuding got in the way of the good they could’ve done for Illinois and Chicago. Sep 7, 2018 6:00 AM
From Our President Greising: Can Chicago's Mayoral Candidates Stomach Powerful Inspectors General? Chicago mayoral candidates need big ideas for reforming how the city’s inspector general is utilized. Aug 24, 2018 6:00 AM
From Our President Greising: Even In An Age Of 'Fake News,' The Truth Wins Out The BGA joins with other media across the country on Thursday, August 16, 2018, in seeking a halt to government attacks on the press. Aug 16, 2018 8:45 AM
