| Good morning. Beautiful forecast today! Back before prediction markets were a thing, the boundaries of what constituted insider trading were a good deal clearer, and less likely to intersect with government employees. But those markets — gambling, really, by another name — have changed all that. We've seen legitimate concerns arise within all branches of government over employees using their inside information to take bets on the eclectic array of options available in those markets. Today, the editorial board applauded Gov. JB Pritzker for taking a stand against all that and argued it should apply to city and federal employees across the country. Also today, the editorial board writes about whether U.S. consumers are being served by the US stopping the importing of cheap Chinese electric cars available at dealerships in Mexico and Canada. They're at least one third less than comparable SUVs, for example, on sale here. The solution, argues the board, lies in U.S. automakers building more affordable vehicles that more Americans can actually manage to buy without going into debt for 6 or 7 years. Sunday, we wrote about the ongoing story involving the shooting of two police officers in a hospital on Chicago's Northwest Side by a suspect with multiple warrants to his name. In one of several editorials we've written on this topic, with more to come, we say that the new reality of the SAFE-T Act means that voters have to scrutinize the actions of judges and hold accountable those who do not detain suspects who need to be off the streets for the safety of the public at large. Scott Stantis has a cartoon that gets to the heart of the issue. And we have a separate piece on Cook County judges and transparency from Ald. Silvana Tabares. Our Opinion section has a bunch of other great reads, including two pieces in our Chicago 2050 series, including one on water from Alaina Harkness and another from Steppenwolf Theatre's Glenn Davis, one of the city's arts leaders. Our Clarence Page writes about the Supreme Court’s decision to end the practice of drawing Congressional maps with race in mind. And Edward Keegan, our architecture columnist, writes admiringly about a cool performing arts center in East Garfield Park. Finally, Michael Peregrine has a piece looking back at the Haymarket riots which you won't want to miss if you are interested in Chicago's fraught labor history. Enjoy the warmer temperatures. — Chris Jones, editorial page editor Submit an op-ed | Submit a letter to the editor | Meet the Tribune Editorial Board | Subscribe to this newsletter | 
