Progress Illinois

As the debate over expanding Wal-Mart's reach in Chicago has ramped
back up, supporters for a new store on the city's South Side have
played up the need to create jobs during the ongoing employment crunch.
"There are people out here who need a job," an exacerbated Mayor ...

Last spring, Housing Action Illinois put the affordable housing
crisis in context when it reported that a staggering 49 percent of
households in the state cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment at "fair market rent" ($893 a month). Despite this overwhelming need, local...

While much of the current local coverage is being devoted to the
anniversary of Rod Blagojevich's arrest, this week also marks one year
since the historic sit-in by the employees of Chicago-based Republic
Windows and Doors.  The occupation of the factory began on ...

As regular readers know all too well, ongoing mismanagement at Chicago's Public Health department is costing taxpayers a bundle. The agency's problems date back to 2007 when former director Dr. Terry Mason approved a plan to purchase a $16.1 million billing system from ...

Mayor Daley must be really eager to tamp down all this tax increment financing (TIF) talk.  Appearing on WBEZ on November 1, he talked at length -- and not entirely truthfully -- about the benefits of this economic development tool.  At a November 13 press conference...