Progress Illinois

Just three days after Dick Durbin relaunched his effort
to let judges alter the terms of distressed mortgages in bankruptcy
cases, a coalition of activists rallied outside the senior Illinois senator’s
Chicago office to commend his efforts and push him to offer more
...

While there have been -- and continue to be -- numerous obstacles to greening the Chicago Public Schools system, Suzanne Carlson, the woman hired by the district to oversee its new Environmental Action Plan, tells us not to rule her out. Carlson recently unveiled a ...

Today saw no action in Springfield on the governor’s not-so-popular Emergency Budget Act.
Two more days remain in the veto session, so we’ll have to wait and see
what happens. Nonetheless, there were a few legislative developments
worth noting:

Answering ...

On the first Friday of every month, Mark Bazer hosts "The Interview Show" at The Hideout in Chicago, in which he conducts engaging discussions with three different figures from the area -- whether writers, artists, chefs, etc. Recent guests from the political/media ...