Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Deadbeat Chicago developer owes another $1 million in back rent to the CTA, records show

One of Scott Goodman's companies, which for years leased space in the West Loop building that houses the transit agency's nerve center, also is being hit with $11 million in fines for the late payments. Goodman has previously been late in making rent, as the Sun-Times detailed in 2024. Nonetheless,…

Politics
  • by david hall
Crypto Spends Big in Illinois House Races to Say Consumer Rights Supporters Are Corrupt

A crypto PAC smeared one Bernie Sanders-backed Illinois progressive as a “corporate pawn” and spent millions calling another a tax cheat.

Politics
  • by david hall
Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran

By critiquing the war because Trump has no “plan,” Democrats are avoiding standing against the war on moral grounds.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Chicago police, other agencies take in millions by seizing cars, cash even without an arrest or conviction

Some want Illinois' civil asset forfeiture system abolished. A retired police chief says it’s “one of the few tools that weakens criminal networks financially.” The Chicago Sun-Times went to Courtroom 1707 to see the system in action.