David Greising

The rhetoric about the Chicago police’s readiness for the DNC is encouraging. But there’s a big prove-it facing Superintendent Larry Snelling, too.

It's a long-standing Chicago tradition that the Chicago Teachers Union president, in the heat of contract negotiations, begins demonizing Chicago's mayor.

It seems almost a foregone conclusion that a property tax hike will be in the plan. Mayor Brandon Johnson likely has no choice.

Stacy Davis Gates' scheming to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez has marked another step in the power portfolio she has built since engineering Brandon Johnson's election as mayor.

A new day in Illinois' fiscal future may be on the horizon. Responsible stewardship of the state's budget over the past few years and the elimination

With pension reform possibly within reach, there's a Goldilocks problem for the state lawmakers setting plans to tackle Illinois' worst-in-the-nation pension problem.

The presidential campaign transfixed our attention for weeks. And now that the “closest contest in memory” turned into an easy victory for Donald Trump, aftershocks are in store for Chicago and the state of Illinois.

The false economies baked into the Chicago budget cuts are glaring when we compare the small proposed savings to the costs of police misconduct.

Budget talks already were off to a late start this year on Mayor Brandon $17.3 billion spending plan when City Council — in a stunning 50-0 tally — to reject Johnson's proposal for a $300 million property tax hike.

The term “fiscal cliff,” or something close to it, gets thrown around a lot these days in Illinois.