The city of Chicago's Community Development Commission is set to advance a tax-increment financing district surrounding the proposed Lincoln Yards development.

The proposed Lincoln Yards development and the Cortland/Chicago River TIF district have a past rooted in the city's Amazon bid, and a future linked to a mayor's departure.

Complete audio recordings of the Cortland/Chicago River TIF district public meeting held on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, at 1001 N. Crosby St., Chicago.

The city of Chicago has proposed the Cortland/Chicago River tax-increment financing district, which will encircle all of the planned Lincoln Yards development along the Chicago River's North Branch.

An analysis from the TIF Illumination Project found that the city of Chicago has about $1.44 billion held in accounts associated with the city's 145 tax-increment financing districts.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the huge sum stockpiled in Chicago's tax-increment financing accounts during 2017, and more.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on WCPT-AM's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave discuss a Logan Square TIF subsidy, the arguments for term limits, and more.

This first-in-a-series audiobook features years of in-depth discussions by Chicago Reader columnist Ben Joravsky and journalist Dave Glowacz about tax-increment financing.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why the Fleet Dept.'s South Side move works better for taxpayers than the McCormick Marriott deal, and more.

The Lathrop Homes redevelopment brackets a purported mayoral slush fund, an alderman's bold claim that he'd reform it, and little-known uses of your property-tax dollars.

The city's Community Development Commission unanimously approved tax-increment financing for the redevelopment of the Lathrop Homes public housing complex.

A surprise meeting of a joint review board approved a tax-increment financing district for the redevelopment of Lathrop Homes.

First Ward Alderman Joe Moreno has announced an unprecedented limitation on a tax-increment financing district connected to the redevelopment of Lathrop Homes.

City officials tried to prove to tax-increment financing activist Tom Tresser that unspent TIF funds are actually "obligated"—with mixed results.

Tax-increment financing activist Tom Tresser warns that the city of Chicago has engaged in uncontrolled borrowing around TIF funds.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on diverting TIF slush to pensions or other priority obligations, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why some private parcels in TIF districts generate no money for taxing bodies, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the digital manufacturing institute's "ultimate goal" of defense products, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the myth of mayoral retribution, and more.

The Chicago Plan Commission approved an expansion of two Englewood TIF districts for a railroad yard development.