Preckwinkle inflates role in shedding light on McDonald case
Says she "made sure Laquan McDonald’s autopsy went public" and "called for the dash cam footage to be released."
Mendoza stretches the facts on the commuter tax
"Every city that has a commuter tax — look at Detroit, Philadelphia — they are actually stagnating in terms of their economy. It’s been a…
Vallas claims CPS healthier under his watch
"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more…
Did police shootings plunge under McCarthy’s leadership?
"There was almost a 70 percent reduction in police-related shootings under my tenure because of training, supervision and policy decisions."
What’s missing from Daley’s property tax freeze pledge
Says he "will put a moratorium on tax hikes to keep families in their homes."
Are Chicago residents among the nation’s most taxed?
Says Chicagoans "live in one of the most taxed cities and the most taxed county, unfortunately, in the country."
Did Mendoza cast the deciding vote to abolish Illinois’ death penalty? Not really.
"I was the deciding vote on abolishing the death penalty in the state of Illinois."
Vallas’ sticky attack on Mendoza’s city sticker record
Says Susana Mendoza’s assertion that she fought efforts to hike vehicle sticker prices when she was Chicago’s city clerk "is absurd … Mendoza pushed a draconian…
Casten tax claim taxed by facts
Under the GOP tax law, "if you live in Hinsdale, Illinois … you are now being double-taxed to the tune of $35,000."
Roskam fibs about facts — and fact checks — of his health care record
Says the Washington Post fact-checked a charge he opposed pre-existing condition protections for health insurance "and gave that Four Pinocchios."
Sessions wrong again on Chicago murder spike cause
An agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU caused "virtually all of the rise in homicides" in 2016.
Rauner ad rewrites property tax history
"For decades, Madigan kept property taxes high and made a fortune helping cronies like Pritzker dodge them."