Reactions came swiftly to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's COVID-19 pandemic executive order—which gave her power over city's budget "as needed to maximize effectiveness of the city response."

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave and Ben listen to aldermanic harangues at the Chicago City Council's last public hearing before the city's "shelter in place" edict.

Funding for Mayor Lori Lightfoot's INVEST South/West project moved to full City Council approval, but with aldermanic hurdles along the way.

The administration of Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed that it's working to delay the expiration of 13 tax-increment financing districts citywide.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave discussed the City Council's dramatic Jan. 2020 debate of a resolution regarding businesses having LGBT owners—and other council actions.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave discussed the City Council's divided approval of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2020 budget.

In an audio interview with a budget analyst from the Chicago City Council Office of Financial Analysis, Dave Glowacz dissects a report on Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2020 Chicago budget.

The Chicago City Council Office of Financial Analysis has made its first-ever public analysis of the city's annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave and Ben discussed the Lightfoot administration's defense of tax-increment financing in general, and the Cortland/Chicago River TIF district in particular.

A writer at the Citizen Advocacy Center unpacks a "diversion thesis" that's common canon among TIF critics.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave describes his recent reporting on megadevelopments and Lincoln Yards.

Elements of the proposed Lincoln Yards complex, which shifted repeatedly prior to its City Council approval this year, continue to change.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave and Ben discuss the Cortland/Chicago River TIF district drama in the City Council's finance committee.

Chicago's City Council will vote on locking in payments from property taxes to the developer of the proposed Lincoln Yards complex, plus an undetermined amount of fees to bankers, by way of the Cortland/Chicago River TIF district.

The city of Chicago says that the City Council's finance committee will consider the Cortland and Chicago River TIF district at its April 8 meeting.

A newly-revealed ordinance contains a 600-page redevelopment agreement with developer Sterling Bay, identifying the public infrastructure it'll build to support Lincoln Yards.

The city of Chicago has finally released the documents that would, with a City Council OK, make the Lincoln Yards development a legal reality.

Complete audio: The Chicago City Council Committee on Zoning's approval of the planned-development ordinances for the Lincoln Yards complex.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the 2019 mayoral candidates' responses to the Chicago Sun-Times question, "As mayor, what would you do about TIFs?", and more.

Complete audio: The Community Development Commission's unanimous approval of the Cortland/Chicago River TIF district to finance the Lincoln Yards complex.