From the Editorial Board

Did Mayor Brandon Johnson betray the Bears?

Much piques our curiosity about Springfield’s failure to settle on a pathway to constructing a new domed stadium for the Chicago Bears. We think one aspect hasn’t got nearly enough attention: the assertions in recent weeks by Mayor Brandon Johnson and others in a position to know that Bears leadership was talking with the mayor and his people about possibilities for a stadium in Chicago even as the team was publicly saying, unequivocally, that the city was no longer an option and that Arlington Heights was the only spot in Illinois under consideration.