Harvey was the first domino to fall in Illinois’ public safety pension crisis. Now North Chicago is the second. The state comptroller has begun to intercept the city’s revenues on behalf of its firefighter pension fund. Both cities are the vanguard of a much wider problem faced by municipalities across Illinois.
Community activist Ja’Mal Green is joining the growing pool of challengers to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A recognizable figure in Chicago’s Black Lives Matter movement, Green has been a longtime Emanuel critic.