Spectacular storm Sandy immobilizes the biggest city in America, along with large swaths of the East Coast, and I find myself thinking about the most unspectacular stuff... infrastructure.

CHICAGO -- For cities and states buried under mountains of debt, it has become a tantalizing proposition: invite private financial institutions to put...

Chicago knows from experience how partnerships can sour. Emanuel's Infrastructure Trust, if done right, could be a new model for rebuilding urban infrastructure. Done wrong, it'll be just another hand off of public assets to private control.

Chicago City Council voted 41 - 7 with two aldermen absent. Hey, that's two more nay votes than the parking meter scam got. We're making progress.

Before a proposal to create a Chicago Infrastructure Trust passed Tuesday, debate hinged on one question that critics say is still unanswered: whether...

Updated Story Chicago's City Council approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Chicago Infrastructure Trust ordinance in a 41-7 vote Tuesday, a measure that ha...

Mayor Emanuel's ordinance does not protect Chicago working families. It creates a new level of systemic inequity. Stand with working families and vote no on the Chicago Infrastructure Trust.

Today, I'll vote yes for the Infrastructure Trust Ordinance because I'm confident that it will prove to be an essential positive for our city. Putting my head in the sand, while our great city crumbles around us is not something I'm willing to do.

A City Council vote on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's much-publicized Chicago Infrastructure Trust was, in what was somewhat of a surprise twist, deferred Wedne...

There are too many unanswered questions. Let's make sure this is not another parking meter scandal. Let's take the time to put in the necessary safeguards.

A number of Chicago aldermen and community activists alike are ramping up criticism of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's $7 billion "new Chicago" infrastructure pl...

Everybody's talking about Mayor Emanuel's proposal to create a "trust fund" that would use private money to build infrastructure, though nobody seems ...

I will state my bias plainly for all Huffington Post readers. I don't trust The Trust. It's not privatization. It's worse: it's corporatization

In the spite of the public relations razzle-dazzle, the substance of the mayor's strategy is unshakably sound.

Updated story Mayor Rahm Emanuel has unveiled a $7 billion infrastructure plan he says will create jobs for roughly 30,000 unemployed Chicagoans. ...