Editorial: Hurrah for a cold Yuengling in Illinois
Just off the interstate in Kenosha, Wisconsin, sits the Mars Cheese Castle. But if you spend quality time in the store’s huge parking lot, you discover that the big seller is not the Dairy State’s...
View ArticleLaura Washington: Walgreens is closing stores and creating pharmacy deserts...
Walgreens plans to shut down hundreds of stores across the nation, including five in Chicago. Community leaders here are steamed. What’s the fuss about a drugstore? It’s about what’s in a drugstore....
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Editorial: Are Illinoisans paying more for insurance due to California and...
Total insured losses from the horrific Los Angeles wildfires currently exceed $30 billion, and they’re expected to go higher. This catastrophe, when all is said and done, easily will be among the top...
View ArticleSen. Michael E. Hastings: We must protect Illinois families from unfair...
The tragedy of the California wildfires continues to unfold in what will undoubtedly be a long recovery for many homeowners as they navigate the process of rebuilding — and the bureaucracy of their...
View ArticleLetters: Risks of not addressing Chicago’s leak-prone gas infrastructure are...
The Dec. 1 editorial criticizing Peoples Gas’ infrastructure modernization program paints an unfair picture, particularly in its characterization of contractors (“Regulators should say no — again — to...
View ArticleStan Chu Ilo: I became an American citizen a day after Donald Trump’s...
When I received Jan. 21 as the date to take my oath for naturalization as an American citizen, a bone-chilling uncertainty flooded my entire being. I was afraid that the new president would stop all...
View ArticleEditorial: Dolton faces a few more weeks of Tiffany Henyard. More than enough.
“You gone, b—-.” Those harsh words, spoken at a podium by a critic of Tiffany Henyard during a Jan. 28 Thornton Township Board meeting, preceded a brawl. Video shows Henyard joined in the melee....
View ArticleEsteban Rodriguez: Cicero’s residents are particularly vulnerable under...
Across the country, communities are on edge as immigration enforcement intensifies under Donald Trump’s administration. The raids over the weekend have dominated headlines and conversations between...
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Willie Wilson: President Donald Trump is eroding decades of civil rights...
On the day the nation paused to celebrate the late civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., President Donald Trump signed an executive order that ends all equity plans across the federal...
View ArticleIndiana House speaker: Yes, we’re serious about welcoming Illinois counties...
When seven counties in Illinois voted in November to explore secession from their state and separate from the influence of Cook County, Indiana House Republicans took notice. When we looked further...
View ArticleLetters: I am angered by President Donald Trump’s focus on deportations
I am a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. I am writing to express my outrage at President Donald Trump’s focus on mass deportations of immigrants, closing of the southern border and use of...
View ArticleEditorial: Offering buyouts to federal workers is fine. But can they trust...
On Tuesday, a majority of the nation’s 2.3 million federal workers received an email offering them the opportunity to resign and receive full pay and benefits until the end of September. The move was...
View ArticleEditorial: Want a low-stress job with lots of time off? The state of Illinois...
The state of Illinois is seeking employees who don’t want a 40-hour workweek. A cringey commercial you may have seen recently boasts that working for the state can mean five weeks off in your first...
View ArticleDavid Greising: Conflict between Donald Trump and Illinois will test state’s...
President Donald Trump has leaped into office relishing his role as disruptor-in-chief, and much of that disruption is aimed at Chicago and Illinois. Chicago is a sanctuary city. Northern Illinois’...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: We can’t go it alone despite America’s notion of rugged...
David Ambroz grew up homeless in New York City. His childhood was violent, hungry and terrifying. He wrote about it all in a 2022 memoir, “A Place Called Home,” which was gorgeous and brave and...
View ArticleAndy Shaw: An executive order from Donald Trump could bring new life to Chicago
Chicago is one of President Donald Trump’s favorite urban punching bags — we have too many dangerous migrants, violent criminals, greedy tax eaters and corrupt Democrats, he proclaims loudly. But that...
View ArticleLetters: Dr. Phil’s presence among immigration agents in Chicago was about...
“People are scared” (Jan. 26) and “We are terrified” (Jan. 27). These are recent print headlines in the Tribune referring to the apprehension of migrants, indicating that federal immigration agents are...
View ArticleJonathan Zimmerman: How the Jan. 6 pardons can help the Democrats
Say their names: Brian Sicknick. Jeffrey Smith. Howard Liebengood. All three police officers died after defending the Capitol from assault on Jan. 6, 2021. Another 150 officers were injured by...
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Editorial: Does assessor Fritz Kaegi appreciate the true horrors of downtown...
Chicago is known globally for its striking skyline. But now many of the impressive towers that make up that awe-inspiring cityscape are going for a song. Is the property-value carnage happening...
View ArticleRobert A. Levy: The US needs to rein in presidential pardon power
Imagine the following presidential proclamation: “I do hereby grant unconditional pardons to all United States persons for those offenses against the United States which such persons may have...
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