Pre-election mailbag

The Chicago mayor's race, Andy Byford, and some AI chat

This was not really something I gamed out when I was thinking about doing this U Chicago fellowship, but it’s been cool to be here at a moment when the city is having the biggest election in the country. The downside is this is the kind of city where it snows in late March and nobody is even surprised.

Meanwhile, yet another bill in the California state legislature would allow more people to enjoy some nice weather if passed. Medicaid expansion comes together in North Carolina. A Rand Paul staffer who got assaulted in D.C. looks like he’s going to make a full recovery. A cool story about the Ukrainian steel industry mobilizing to defend their country. Some people see this as a bad thing, but the news that the IRA may induce much more clean energy than forecasted by the CBO is actually good.

Ben: Who would you vote for in the upcoming Chicago mayoral election, and why?

Chicago is a big, complicated city and there are a lot of nuances to its politics and to the mayor’s race. But as a bro…