A City That Works
Conor Durkin, Nik Hunder, Zak Yudhishthu, Richard Day, Alex MonteroPolicy analysis and ideas on how to make Chicago work better.
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Introducing our pension dashboard
So far this month, we’ve already run a few posts covering the latest on Chicago’s pensions. In short, while we had a pretty good year, we’ve still got a long journey ahead of us.
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To help visualize that journey, we built what...
A 2026 update on the State of Chicago Pensions
July 27th | Logan Square / Avondale Happy Hour: Come on out to talk housing, schools and anything else with the City That Works team. We’ll be at Ludlow Liquors starting at 5:30, and will be joined by Carlos Rivas (CPS School Board District...
A milestone worth celebrating
July 27th | Logan Square / Avondale Happy Hour: Come on out to talk housing, schools and anything else. We’ll be at Ludlow Liquors starting at 5:30, and will be joined by Carlos Rivas (CPS School Board 3B member), Pete Gonzales (running for...
An Anti-Renter Ordinance
July 27th | Logan Square / Avondale Happy Hour: Come on out to talk housing, schools and anything else. We’ll be at Ludlow Liquors starting at 5:30, and will be joined by Carlos Rivas (CPS School Board 3B member), Pete Gonzales (running for...
Taste of Chicago: July 2026
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July 27th | Logan Square / Avondale Happy Hour: Come on out to talk housing, schools and anything else. We’ll be at Ludlow Liquors starting at 5:30, and will be joined by Carlos Rivas (CPS School Board 3B me...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Nik Hunder is an environmental policy analyst, researcher, and public transit advocate from Chicago
Writing about urban economics and housing, mostly in the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Mostly transit, housing and state capacity. Always Chicago. Opinions here are my own, and don’t reflect the views of employers, past, present or future.
Alex Montero is the chairperson of Strong Towns Chicago, an all volunteer advocacy group focused on housing, street safety, and transit.
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