Why Your Chicago Property Tax Bill Is So High
Although a lot has been written about the recent Chicago [...]
Fritz Kaegi Finally Fixed Cook County's Broken Property Tax System
I've never been impressed with any of Illinois' politicians but [...]
Chicago City Council Chops Up Neighborhoods In New Ward Map
On Monday the Chicago city council finally approved a new [...]
Chicago Carjackings Hit Record High
After reading about all the carjackings in Chicago and seeing [...]
Chicago Murder Map And Neighborhood Totals – 2021 Update
There's been a lot of media coverage of all the [...]
Data Don't Show People Fleeing Chicago For The Suburbs
Almost a week ago I posted on how a lot [...]
Chicago Murder Map And Neighborhood Totals – 2020 Update
A more current version of this post is available with [...]
Chicago Mayor Blocks Aldermen's Crazy Plan To Stop Gentrification
Two Chicago aldermen, Roberto Maldonado (26th) and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), have [...]
Chicago's Safest And Most Dangerous Neighborhoods 2019: Murders
There is an updated version of this post with data [...]
What Exactly Is The Problem With The Lincoln Yards TIF?
It's been more than 11 years since I first posted [...]
Contradictions And Irony In The Anti-Gentrification Narrative
Last week I wrote about the gentrification trend analysis that [...]