Inside Chicago Government has published the City Council's little-known implementation plan for the Bring Chicago Home Fund.

A 2018 lawsuit by a firefighters pension fund caused much of the spike in Chicago's 2021 property taxes.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how go-along taxpayers subsidize DIY taxpayers, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the questionable benefits of having financial markets in Chicago, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the absence of free-market advocates from debate over corporate subsidies, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether the White Sox could survive financially without taxpayer subsidies, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the proposed state legislation to tax financial transactions and where it went, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how local government has already lost money on the NATO summit, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on origin of the mythology around CME Group's tax-burden claim, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky about how Cook County's property tax system pacifies the public, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how County Assessor Houlihan orchestrated the homeowners' exemption to property taxes, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on unpacking a sample property-tax bill, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the kinds of deals that the Chicago Park District has with on-premises restaurants, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whetherl the Cubs' owners will get the same (huge) tax break as the the Sox' owners, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on demystifying the process for appealing property-tax assessments, and more.