Good morning, Chicago. When I read today’s editorial about the surge in housing costs in Chicago and its suburbs, I thought about how lucky I was to have enough money to buy a condo in July 2020. In the midst of the pandemic, I bought an affordable home with a low-interest mortgage.
The Tribune Editorial Board summarizes the current situation, and it isn’t pretty. The crux of the problem is supply. The board hopes that local and state decision-makers do more than pay lip service to what needs to be done.
In its other editorial, the board highlights a Tribune analysis that digs into the eye-popping amounts of money the city has paid to outside law firms. In some instances, the billing was for a lawyer working more than 24 hours in a day. The Law Department needs to fix its oversight failures, the board writes.
In commentary, the consul general of Israel to the Midwest argues that Zionism needs to be reclaimed from the slur it’s become, and a CPS parent delves into the history of school vouchers in making the case that Illinois should walk away from the federal tax credit scholarship program. And foreign affairs columnist Daniel DePetris writes that even though the U.S. hopes the ceasefire in Lebanon will stick, history shows how unlikely that is.
Also, don’t miss our readers’ letters, particularly an articulate one about ageism and Donald Trump.
Thank you as always for reading. We’ll be back tomorrow.
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