Chris Cleveland says there is at least one thing he knows for certain in the contentious, often murky debate about a new law prohibiting landlords from turning away prospective tenants because of their criminal histories.

Matt Podgorski sees the passage of a law banning landlords in Cook County from delving into the criminal histories of prospective tenants as just the latest rights violation against the area's business owners.

Republican Cook County Board Commissioner Sean Morrison will try to mend some fences between opposing sides of the so-called "Just Housing Bill" debate before it becomes a law in November.

Martin Cannon wants to see more states follow the lead of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp when it comes to the issue of abortion.

The growing number of educators opting out of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers' union may be on the verge of accelerating with the help of the non-union Association of American Educators (AAE) organization.

Illinois’ much-beleaguered pension system has regrettably deteriorated into a Ponzi scheme, according to one state government watchdog website Wirepoints.

With news that he is now under federal review, newly elected Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker finds himself in dubious company.

Veteran Democratic Congressman Danny Davis is blasting the Trump administration's proposal to send waves of undocumented immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities such as Chicago, calling it “un-American.”

Martin Preib is convinced there’s too much uncertainty nowadays about what it means to be a Chicago police officer.

Newly elected Park Forest Mayor John Vanderbilt believes it is up to the people of the village to save themselves.

Nearly two weeks after falling short in his run against two-time 43rd Ward incumbent Ald. Michele Smith, Derek Lindblom is still focused on just one thing.

More than a week after falling just short in his spirited run against four-time incumbent Ald. Howard Brookins Jr., Marvin McNeil still believes residents of the 21st Ward need better representation.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider finds it difficult to seriously consider Gov. J.B. Pritzker's graduated income tax-hike proposal, given the source of the plan's own history of personal finance.

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) leaders are targeting the offices of Democratic state Rep. Curtis Tarver (D-Chicago) for protest after he recently voted against removing the ban on rent control in Illinois.

Jessica Gutierrez thinks her narrow loss to Ald. Ariel E. Reboyras in the 30th Ward should serve as a warning to the winning candidate about area residents' growing frustrations.

The numbers may say one thing, but campaign representatives for Deborah A. Foster-Bonner did not exactly sound ready to concede her 6th Ward race to incumbent Ald. Roderick Sawyer in the immediate hours after all the votes had been counted.

Martin Preib sees Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case as just the latest example of a pattern of misguided actions she has taken since assuming office.

The Heartland Institute's Lennie Jarratt is convinced that the only chance Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials have of combating the system’s growing problem of student bullying lies in leaving more of the solution in the hands of the students and their parents.

The Chicago City Council has approved a rule mandating that all committee hearings be aired or broadcast over the Internet beginning later this year.

The Jussie Smollett case keeps getting stranger by the minute, with word now circulating that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx never formally recused herself from the case as has been widely reported.