Stanford professor emeritus Roger Noll, an economist and author of a book titled “Sports, Jobs and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums,” said, “Almost no stadiums last as long as the lease. If a team doesn’t get a new stadium or a major renovation of the old stadium within 25 years, it’s gone.”

“When homeowners in Illinois fall behind on property taxes, the penalties and interest—up to 18%, assessed every 6 months—can make it almost impossible for them to catch up on missed payments. Tax delinquency and escalating fines often drive vacancy and abandonment…These vacant buildings create blight and depress the tax base.”

Jim Dey: “This case reflects a messy combination of self-interest, separation of powers, separate sovereignties of the state and federal governments and inattention to — perhaps even defiance of — the courts. Blame it all on former Gov. Bruce Rauner.”

Caught between a police department under fire and a protest movement calling for its abolition, emails show that city officials labored over finding the right tone, expressing a commitment to reform and ultimately appeasing the groups leading the charge.

Michael Glasser, president of the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance, said although a few neighborhoods in the Chicago-area are losing rental units to gentrification, many are seeing disinvestment because of historically high levels of delinquent rent and over regulation.

“Lori Lightfoot’s pique, her vulgar statements, her open personal animosity toward some of the people she gets caught up with doesn’t necessarily seem to advance an agenda. It looks more like a lack of discipline on her part. She keeps shooting herself in the foot,” David Greising said.

Tribune’s board of directors is set to vote Friday on Alden Global Capital’s more than $630 million dollar offer to buy tribune publishing.

The Firefighters Pension Fund went to court Thursday seeking a temporary a restraining order barring distribution of the ARP funds to Harvey until the new litigation is decided.