Gubernatorial election campaign proves taxing

Candidate Rauner's positions raise questions on financing and subsidies.

• Pension "crisis" vs. tax-increment financing
• Military R&D lands on Goose Island
• TIFs twist free market, subserve subsidies

Aldermanic election preview

Remap taps incumbents as rivals?

• Council rules favor mayor, bury insurgents
• New ward map: election surprise
• Voting record shows Rahm in control

Slicing open Daley's Millennium pork

The city sues its own park district over Millennium Park.

• Could “the dogcatcher” beat Emanuel?
• The persistent promotion of brand Rahm
• Rahm leads, but who leads Rahm?