Public Toilets and Private Burdens
Demanding access to businesses' restrooms comes with costs.
Chicago
Supreme Court Lets Stand 7th Circuit Victory for Rights of Rideshare Customers and Drivers
By declining to take up the case Illinois Transportation Trade Association v. Chicago, the Supreme Court allows customers of Uber, Lyft, and similar e-hailing services to breathe easier.
Alternatives To Deadly Police Force
Law enforcement has room to make humane changes, without putting their lives in peril.
Chicago Mayor Threatens Teens' Diplomas Unless They Participate in Approved Post-School Education
Maybe focus on getting your own nearly bankrupt government in order, Emanuel.
2 Numbers That Show How Screwed Chicago's Pension Plans Are
Collecting $99 million and paying out $999 million in a single year is not a formula for success.
In Chicago, Bad Policing Doesn't Stop Crime
Instead it turns citizens against their protectors.
Chicago's Police Union Forces Department to Back Down on Use of Force Policy
Police union fears teaching officers to prioritize de-escalation would endanger their lives.
Chance the Rapper Million Dollar Chicago Public Schools Donation Going to Specific Schools
Chicago Public Schools looking for more money from state
Trump's Chicago Crime Slams: Political Posturing, Federal Overreach, or Legit Assistance?
Mayor and president use their bully pulpits to kvetch at each other. Does it even mean anything?
Illinois Hoping Citizens Drink State's Debts Away with Statewide Soda Tax
Skyrocketing costs, financial crisis make the Land of Lincoln very thirsty.
Read How Chicago Police Routinely Violated Civil Rights and Covered It Up
The Justice Department's scathing report finds a pattern of unconstitutional force, retaliation, and a code of silence.
Facebook Live Torture Suspects Shouldn't Be Charged With Hate Crime
Hate crime is thought crime.
Chicago Police to Speed Up Body Camera Adoption, Assuming Officers Don't Sabotage Them
Also keep an eye out for foot-dragging on releasing footage of controversial calls.
Woman Locked Up For 49 Days Without Bail Because of a Bureaucratic Mistake
A bureaucratic nightmare takes a mother away from her young child for almost two months.
Chicago Cop Involved in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man Could've Been Fired Years Ago
Police acknowledge he could've been fired before either of his fatal shootings of unarmed people.
Chicago's New Bag Tax Will Generate $13 Million, Won't Save Environment
So, it's working as planned.
Chicago's Airbnb Rules Are Unconstitutional Many Times Over, Lawsuit Argues
Regulations are "draconian and unintelligible," lawsuit says. Other have described them as "literally incomprehensible" and "dizzyingly complex."
Lawsuit Challenges Chicago's 'Literally Incomprehensible' Rules for Airbnb Hosts
Don't understand the rules? Too bad. You can still get fined up to $5,000 per day by the city.
Chicago Police Torture Archive To Go Online In Early 2017
Transparency of decades of Chicago PD abuse is almost here.
Chicago Cop Arrested for Sex Trafficking and Child Porn, Accused of Paying Teens—Including Braces-Wearing 14-Year-Old—for Sex
A 26-year veteran of the department, William Whitley's record reveals 28 complaints against him, going back to 1991.
Chicago Aldermen Whine and Skip Work Because They're Not Getting Cheap Cubs World Series Tickets
80 percent of Chicago aldermen blew off the annual ethics board hearing after it ruled they had to buy tickets on the open market like everybody else.
Does the Theory of 'Broken Windows Policing' Apply When Police Are the Ones Breaking Windows?
The police's culture of silence and lack of accountability feeds Chicago's crime problems.
Taxing Human Waste Won't Get Chicago's Pension Fund Out of Deep Doo-Doo
Residents of the city will pay $57 annually as part of a rescue plan that hinges on several questionable assumptions.
Chicago's Awful Crackdown on Food Trucks
A pair of orchestrated hit pieces from media outlets has spurred the city to hand out massive fines.
Chicago's Proposed Ban of Self-Driving Cars Is Dangerous and Protectionist
Two city aldermen say it's about protecting pedestrians, but it's really about protecting taxi companies.
Reforming Police Unions Necessary to Restore Public Confidence in Law Enforcement, Says New York Times
Police unions protect bad officers from being held accountable for their actions, and local governments have to stop letting that happen.
Bribery Convictions Won't Shut Off Chicago's Red Light Cameras
Former city commissioner gets 10 years for taking $2 million bribe, while Chicago made $285 million from red light cams last year.
Chicago Culture Cops Tax Concert-Venues Because Rap, Rock, Country Aren't 'Art'
The taxman plays art critic
Chicago Would Be Even More of a Disaster if It Had Been Awarded the 2016 Olympics
The city is still paying the tab for the bid-but it could have been much worse.
Chicago Cubs Blast New Restrictions on Team's Ability to Sell Alcohol
Neighboring businesses don't want the competition.
Chicago's Police Are Racist, Corrupt Says Report (and Everybody Else)
Unions, lack of independent accountability get part of the blame.
Topless Dancing and Alcohol Sales May Meet Again in Chicago
"Put a G-string on" and let the topless, drunken good times roll suggest some on the Chicago City Council.
Knocking Smokeless Tobacco Out of the Ballpark
Liberty suffers another blow in Chicago 'for the children.'
Residents Abandoning Chicago: Is It Following in Detroit's Footsteps?
Illinois' sources of revenues are leaving as government employees keep demanding more, more, more.
Chicago Police Deliberately Sabotaging Recording Devices, According to Report
Something to keep an eye on as body camera programs are implemented.
The Twisted Politics of Police Violence in Chicago
Blame shifting and a lack of political accountability perpetuate problems with police, education, and even water.
What Do You Know? Competition Improves Taxi Services.
Studies showing city folk getting better treatment.
Chicago Provides Yet Another Reminder Police and City Lawyers Are Accomplices in Avoiding Accountability
Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn't see a problem.
Rahm Emanuel's - and Chicago's - Public-Sector Union Problems
The same groups that give big-city Democrats political power make it nearly impossible to reform bad practices.
Rahm Emanuel Announcing Plans for 'Major Overhaul' of Chicago PD This Afternoon
To include equipping all cops with Tasers
