Don Vincent
JUL 25, 2022

Ald. Nicole Lee on her first months in office and election calculus

Ald. Nicole Lee (11) made history this year when she was sworn in as the first Chinese American m...
JUN 30, 2022

Drawing takeaways from the June 28 primary

The Daily Line editor Alex Nitkin, reporter Ben Szalinski and special guest Brenden Moore of Lee...
JUN 27, 2022

Injustice Watch’s Jonah Newman on how to vote for judges

For decades, the only way to know how to vote in Cook County judicial elections was to go on a r...
JUN 13, 2022

CACC director Mamadou Diakhate on caring for Chicago’s pets and wildlife

Chicago Animal Care and Control is tasked with taking care of and controlling animals found thro...
MAY 31, 2022

Chelsea Laliberte Barnes on her race to flip a Republican district

Chelsea Laliberte Barnes has been advocating for substance abuse treatment and opioid overdose pr...
MAY 03, 2022

Celebrate World Press Freedom Day today with The Daily Line

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APR 18, 2022

Illinois Retail Merchant Association CEO Rob Karr on the state’s retail crime bill

The Illinois General Assembly passed HB1091 in the final hours of the spring session to crack do...
APR 13, 2022

Highlights from the Spring Legislative Session

Join The Daily Line editor Alex Nitkin, state legislative reporter Ben Szalinski and special gues...
APR 11, 2022

Which aldermen aren’t showing up for work?

For months, The Daily Line has been teaming up with WBEZ and Crain’s Chicago Business to calcula...
APR 03, 2022

Cook County CFO Ammar Rizki on how to spend $1 billion

The COVID-19 pandemic put Cook County in the position of having to overseeing triage and recovery...
FEB 04, 2022

City Executives

  Mayor Lori Lightfoot City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin City Clerk Anna Valencia
JAN 28, 2022

Recapping January 2022 City Council Meeting

A City Council clash over police settlements. A controversial proposal to attack crime by going a...
JAN 28, 2022

Melissa Conyears-Ervin

Illinois House of Representatives, 10th District (2017 - 2019) Treasurer, City of Chicago (2019-...
JAN 25, 2022

Illinois Legislative Reporter

Ben is The Daily Line's legislative reporter covering Illinois state government. He came to The D...
DEC 12, 2021

Bill Cameron on a half-century of ward remaps

Chicago aldermen are in the middle of their once-a-decade task of redrawing the city’s 50 ward bo...