What's going on with that fully-elected schoolboard & what is that Chicago Teacher Union activist Mayor's position on this issue...

 The Illinois State Senate Democrat Caucus puts out new map for an elected Chicago School Board. This is the map below You can also click he...

 NBC Chicago's Mary Ann Ahern speaks with Mayor Johnson and when you click through to the Capitol Fax blog be prepared for the evasive a...

2nd City Cop On July 1st they returned to service, if you want to see the perspective of anonymous sworn Chicago Police officers check out 2...

Something for you to read regarding Chicago crime , if you can get past the Chicago Tribune paywall perhaps it's worth reading. h/t CapF...

 The mayoral candidates in Chicago and hopefully those who want to join the City Council have crime on their minds right now. On the CapFax ...

 Democrat Gov. Pritzker & Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey will have a debate tonight which will air on WGN. If you aren't able t...

US Sen. Tammy Duckworth made a robocall endorsing the re-election bid of Mayor Lightfoot in 2023, however, Gov. Pritzker who's going thr...

112th & Torrence in 1947  A bit outside of the scope of this blog, however, this shows a different scene from what's at this same lo...

 She was a social worker who's home was hit wrongfully by a police search warrant. Capitol Fax shared a press release from an organizat...

Via Chicago History Today It's amazing to see how this part of Cottage Grove which is basically Pullman looked in 1954. As you check out...

This tweet from over the weekend from Mayor Lori Lightfoot showed up on Instapundit . And I see a number of tweets on twitter that took her ...

Ald. Roderick Sawyer (Ward 6) discussed this issue last week and I would say he made some good points as far as why police are in CPS schoo...

It's amazing that as John R. Schmidt notes on his blog last month that Chicago's Black population was growing during the first half...

Rich Miller writes in today's post about this: " Sounds like it’s time to revamp the vetting process." Referring specifically...

Rendering 103rd Street Red Line station - CTA   Over at The Sixth Ward on Tuesday I shared a tweet to a Curbed Chicago article with regard...

[ VIDEO ] The first video you see above was shared Friday on  CapFax is of strike teacher's mocking Michael Jackson's thriller. I...

I haven't done a great job at keeping up with the strike so far on this blog. Classes have been cancelled all week for CPS students due ...

Rich Miller shares a quick response to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's attempt to end the strike and get teachers back in classrooms. CTU to Lig...

I'm posting this now although this is a late 9:00 AM post because it's important. Rich Miller posted about a poll with regards to wh...