Welcome to the Reader’s morning briefing for Friday, February 19, 2016. 
  • Is the Trump Tower’s property tax deal too good?

        Donald Trump hired Alderman Ed Burke’s law firm, which saved him millions of dollars in taxes, according to an investigation by WGN. Trump, still the leading GOP candidate for president, also donated $10,000 to the Cook County Democratic Party while the building was under construction and has since donated $5,000 to downtown alderman Brendan Reilly and $50,000 to Mayor Rahm Emanuel. [WGN]