Emanuel blows smoke about cigarette use among Chicago teens
Says Chicago’s reduction in teen smoking over the last eight years is the "largest drop in the United States of America."
No, Chicago isn’t ‘often bailed out’ by Illinois taxpayers
"The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS…
No ‘jobs tax’ in Pritzker’s tax plan, despite what attack ad claims
"Pritzker and Madigan want to change the constitution to allow a permanent jobs tax on middle class families."
Preckwinkle repeats urban myth about third-grade test scores, prison beds
"Nationally, they predict prison populations on the basis of third-grade achievement."
Preckwinkle undersells affordable housing program’s track record
Says that "despite the tremendous amounts of money that have gone into it, only 400 family (housing) units have been created" in the last 12…
Fact-checking Lightfoot’s record on police discipline
Says the percentage of officers the Chicago Police Board fired after hearing their cases or who chose to resign prior to a board hearing roughly…
Pritzker misleads in dismissing revenue alternatives
Says taxing more services, taxing retirement income and increasing the flat-rate income tax would "fall disproportionately on the working poor and the middle class."
The trouble with Mendoza’s attempt to pin Illinois’ budget crisis on Daley
Says Bill Daley, as part of former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s transition team, wrote "the blueprint" for record Springfield gridlock.
Preckwinkle misrepresents Mendoza’s death penalty stand
Says Susana Mendoza is a supporter of the death penalty who could administer it herself and "‘...sleep like a baby at night…’"
Chico’s soda tax swipe at Mendoza falls flat
"In Springfield, Susana Mendoza voted to hit working families with a massive new soda tax."
Did McCarthy rein in Chicago’s high murder rate?
Says Chicago "had the lowest murder rates in a generation" during his time as police superintendent.
Did Chico cut waste and slash taxes during his City Colleges stint?
"As chairman of the City Colleges, I cut millions in waste and we cut property taxes."