Did you ever try to get reimbursed at work for business travel expenses? It's usually not too complicated. You turn in your receipts. You fill out a form with some basic information about your trip. You get the proper person in the office to sign off on the document. And...

Last week, Chicago Public Schools officials unveiled a new plan for admitting students to CPS's magnet and selective enrollment programs. In the days ahead, a lot of ink will be spilled and a lot of voices will be heard debating the merits of the plan, because this plan will determine...

Dear Mayor Daley,

I trust you saw the morning papers today. The Chicago Sun-Times just published its 2009 rankings of 656 public high schools across Illinois. You've had absolute control over Chicago's public schools since 1995, so you undoubtedly know that the Sun-Times ranks high schools each year based upon...

There will be no shortage of federal firepower in Denmark this week when the International Olympic Committee selects the city that will host the 2016 Summer Games. I'll leave it to the national pundits to debate the wisdom of President Obama's decision to travel to Copenhagen to lead Chicago's Olympic...

My kids attend Chicago public schools. The oldest is in high school; the youngest is in grade school. I'm willing to bet that if one of their teachers discovers a case of head lice in the classroom, that school will notify my wife and me. But let's up the ante....

Early this week, Chicago's City Council will decide just how much the city's taxpayers need to know about the 2016 Olympic Games. Specifically, the Council will decide what information Lori Healey (Mayor Daley's former chief of staff) and the rest of her colleagues on Chicago's Organizing Committee for the Olympic...