Progress Illinois

Buoyed by the Obama administration's initial and enthusiastic commitment this past fall, Congress is taking the first real steps in U.S. history to build a national high-speed rail system. To be sure, the U.S. has a long way to go -- both in terms of financing and planning...

The Institute of Government and Public Affairs is preparing a report that calls for "a two-pronged plan" to raise revenue by hiking the state's income tax rate and expanding sales taxes to services.

That's how the Reader's Ben Joravsky describes our own Angela Caputo in his latest article on Chicago's tax increment financing (TIF) network.  And you can bet she's wearing that badge with pride.
Joravasky's piece also details how state legislators used a Freedom of ...

With the Chicago Transit Authority and state officials reeling to plug a $300 million budget hole this week, there have been some questions raised about the systemic funding challenges facing the region's transit agencies.  We've proposed some solutions in the past, as ...