Well, technically it is, as the Chicago Reader points out, but there's a catch and the stalled bill before the legislature still must pass before it becomes available. Check out the whole story here. more ›

The Reader's Mick Dumke has an interesting solution for how to help the City close that budget gap: legalize marijuana and tax it. Mayor Daley has supported decriminalizing marijuana in the past (before he was against it). And Lord knows he loves to tax stuff. This could possibly work. But it's only a matter of time before he privatizes more ›