Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."
Mark Konkol: Sun-Times should host mayoral forum without Boss Preckwinkle. Chicago deserves a mayor who can take heat in any situation.
Mark Konkol: If you believe attack ad on mayoral frontrunner Lori Lightfoot, you're getting scammed by the leader of the Democratic machine.
MARK KONKOL: Rahm Emanuel has been such an abysmal political failure that the Chicago Democratic Machine couldn't get Bill Daley in run-off.
Mark Konkol: Make Chicago's City Council strong again: Vote out rubber-stamp aldermen who made Chicago America's least democratic city.
Mark Konkol: Clout candidates Daley, Preckwinkle, Mendoza and Chico would never have taken on Rahm Emanuel and they won't stand up for you.
Mark Konkol commentary: Mayoral clout candidates won't be sharing the whole truth about themselves in countdown to Election Day.
Chicago GOP chairman says Republican Trump supporters have opportunity to decide which Democrat win. They're backing Vallas.
MARK KONKOL: A vote for Bill Daley is a vote for Rahm Emanuel.
Mark Konkol: Mancow struggled with an unpleasant revelation. He got conned by his pal, pastor and spiritual guide, Pastor James MacDonald.
MARK KONKOL: This mayoral election might be last chance for silent majority of undecided Chicagoans to cast a winning vote for change.
MARK KONKOL: Mendoza's Social Media Smear Campaign Keeps Alive Bizarre Debate: Which "Burke Four" Candidate Is More Corrupt?
MARK KONKOL: Chicago mayor's race so absurd it's a nightmare. Wake up before it's too late.
MARK KONKOL: Chicago GOP chairman says Republicans are "800-pound gorilla" in mayoral race, looking to endorse the "lesser of 13 evils."
MARK KONKOL: Preckwinkle is right about Mendoza — a mayoral candidate connected to corruption can't be trusted. It takes one to know one.
MARK KONKOL: Not sure what to think about Chicago mayoral candidate's dealings with criminally charged powerbroker Ed Burke? Consider facts.
MARK KONKOL: Chicago's pervasive political no-snitch code breeds distrust In Chicago government that refuses to police itself
Mark Konkol: Preckwinkle's claim to be "very hip" might be biggest lie mayoral candidate has ever told — and lately that’s saying a lot.
Mark Konkol: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel uses city public service billboard ads to promote his podcast.
Lori Lightfoot compares ballot rivals with Burke ties — Preckwinkle, Daley, Mendoza and Chico — to cockroaches scurrying from the light.
Mark Konkol: State records show Preckwinkle collects campaign cash from powerful Dems, machine insiders and developers who need her support.
