Some good news on one pension: The District has contributed an amount above the actuarially determined contribution amount since FY2013. The increased funding from both employees and the MWRD has contributed to a reversal of the downward financial trajectory of the fund and will make retirees’ pension benefits more financially secure and sustainable for taxpayers.

Federal agents who raided Burke’s lair left him politically weakened. Is that enough, finally, to bring scrutiny to the $100 million per year city workers’ compensation system that Burke monolithically controls?

Some Progressive Caucus aldermen see in Burke’s predicament a chance to strip him of that authority and hand the program to the city’s corporation counsel. If this gambit sounds familiar, you’re recalling one of the City Council’s many days of infamy: Feb. 10, 2016. The question is whether aldermen who didn’t find the courage to rein in Burke nearly three years ago will find it today.

If you are a successful entrepreneur, they will figure out a way to tax you. We have an amusement tax, a cloud tax, a streaming tax, an AirBnB tax, a rider tax for shared rides, and now they are going after parking.