Chicago is in bad financial shape, with an unsustainable pension burden and a towering debt load. Yet the city will shortly issue bonds that are likely to be rated as supersafe, even though similar investments have lost money.

Two members of Preckwinkle’s security detail got pay raises last year that put them on par with what forest preserves police commanders are paid — about $110,000 annually — though they aren’t supervisors. The third went

The new federal tax applies to any college or university that has at least 500 full-time, tuition-paying students—with more than half of them being in the U.S.—and that has assets, aside from those used for charity, of at least $500,000 per full-time student. U of C, Northwestern and Notre Dame look likely to fall into the taxed category, despite being on the cusp of eligibility, giving them a combined liability of about $30 million.

If you think the head tax—the per-employee levy repealed in 2014—is dead, think again. And while you’re at it, consider Denver, which progressives hold up as a model. There, people pay for the privilege of having a job.

And Chicago Teachers Union, which supports the tax, responded thusly when columnist Hinz asked for comment: “Greg, you’ve disparaged the CTU and our work for much of the last few months, pushing Chicago Public Schools talking points ad nauseam and going so far as to compare us to big business and Donald Trump. spokesman Ronnie Reese emailed back. So don’t be

In a statement, club Chairman Ed Mazur said he has accepted Jay Doherty’s resignation as president and member of the board.

One source close to the probe into ComEd, which has been subpoenaed for records related to its activities in Springfield, says Doherty had more than 100 people drawing funds that originated with ComEd on his payroll, some in positions that involved little actual work.