Column: Absence of Color On Chicago City Hall Beat Comes Shining Through – Patch Chicago

Mark Konkol: "For decades, it was a City Hall tradition to whisper scoops about mayoral trial balloons and the annual budget proposal to a favored reporter. Lightfoot's mayoral predecessor, Rahm Emanuel, regularly had his spin machine tap hand-picked reporters for sit-down chats on pre-approved topics. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's communication staff doesn't return emails to certain reporters, including me."