Comment: Total cost of the project is $711 million that will “create or preserve” 1,223 housing units. That’s $581,000 per unit. The median home price in Chicago is just $390,000 according to Redfin or $325,650 according to Zillow.

A non-compliant sex offender with two active warrants, now accused of trying to murder a Chicago Police Officer, bragged to cops who arrested him that he just got out of prison for beating other police officers, prosecutors say.

Two years after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled 107 recommendations to reduce bureaucratic requirements strangling residential and business development, he can claim notable successes, but housing abundance requires more progress.

A long-awaited, detailed study of the Chicago Police Department’s workforce allocation is now public and some of its findings will surprise the department’s biggest critics.

“I call them MEGO numbers. That stands for My Eyes Glaze Over.” In Chicago the shortfall is $42,600 burden per taxpayer. In fact, they point out that if you include public school pensions in those future obligations, Chicago is in even more financial trouble than New York.

By freezing property values in a specific area, TIF districts artificially manipulate who pays the levy, leading to effective property tax hikes.

“The focus is keeping the Bears in Chicago. That’s my top priority.”