The Latest Breaking News from Civic Committee

Civic Committee aims to tackle crime from a new perspective

The Civic Committee has evolved from a standard business group issuing standard business demands to taking a much more nuanced, holistic approach to solving very difficult, perhaps intractable problems like crime.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

Civic Committee recommendations on pensions, estate tax getting a look from lawmaker

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon says he thinks the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago offers “a very interesting blueprint.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 9, 2023

One of Chicago’s wealthiest people has a plan to get other CEOS to help him fight violence

James Crown is leading the multimillion-dollar strategy, asking CEOs to find jobs for thousands as part of an ambitious effort to cut the number of killings in Chicago to fewer than 400 a year within five years.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023