John Fritchey

Morgue Crackdown Planned After 'Horrendous' Conditions Discovered

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Video, John Fritchey, Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Morgue Overhaul, Cook County Morgue, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, Cook County Morgue Toni Preckwinkle Overhaul, Cook County Morgue Overcrowded, Cook County Morgue Conditions, Chicago News

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday announced an imminent "overhaul" of the county morgue, which has come under renewed scrutiny ...

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Alcohol Tax Hike OKed By County Board

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Cook County Alcohol Tax, Video, John Fritchey, Cook County Taxes, Brendan Riley, Toni Preckwinkle, Alcohol Tax, Cook County Booze Tax, Cook County Budget, Cook County Budget Deficit, Chicago News

Updated story A proposal increasing alcohol taxes by 50 percent in Cook County was approved Monday by the county board, even as some feared the add...

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Can Decriminalizing Marijuana Help Cash-Strapped Chicago?

Posted 01.02.2012

Updated with Mayor Emanuel's comments When Mayor Rahm Emanuel took over, he immediately made it quite clear that he would do whatever it takes to g...

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Aldermen On Board With Ticketing, Not Arresting Low-Level Marijuana Offenders

Posted 12.27.2011

Four Chicago lawmakers on Thursday are expected to announce their support of ticketing individuals caught with small amounts of marijuana in Cook Coun...

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Cook County Indigent Bodies To Be Donated To Science, Not Buried

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Illinois Budget, Illinois Indigent Funerals, John Fritchey, Januari Smith Trader, Pat Quinn, Third World America, Illinois Indigent Burials, Beyond Broke Illinois, Illinois Department of Human Services, Tom Dart, Beyond Broke, Chicago News

A memo released late last month by Cook County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Nancy Jones reported that the bodies of individuals whose families cannot af...

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Social Media Week, I Mean Social Media Life

Joe Moreno | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Social Media Politics, Social Media, Alderman, Twitter, John Fritchey, Facebook, Social Media Week, Chicago News

There's literally no excuse for elected officials not to utilize social media. I would love to be known as the most accessible alderman in the city.

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BEYOND BROKE: Illinois Could Cut Burials For The Poor

Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Illinois Burial Program, John Fritchey, Pat Quinn, Burials, Cemeteries, Ira Acree, Governor Quinn, Roosevelt Watkins, Funeral Homes, Chicago Impact, Beyond Broke, Chicago News

While massive budget cuts threaten the existence of a program that pays funeral homes and cemeteries to honor and bury deceased individuals whose fami...

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The Undercard No More -- Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza

Kyle Hillman | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Social Media, Susana Mendoza, John Fritchey, Gov2.0, Rahm Emanuel, Open Government, Chicago, Stephanie Neely, Chicago City Clerk, Facebook, City Clerk, Chicago News

Not only did new City Clerk Mendoza have a challenger candidate supported by the black community, she had the task of defending the importance of the position, as eliminating it became a talking point.

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Former Mayoral Candidate Angling For State Rep Seat

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patricia Watkins, John Fritchey, Chicago, Patricia Watkins State Rep, Illinois State House, Illinois, Annazette Collins, Jesse White, Chicago News

One of the most compelling candidates for Chicago mayor -- if not one of the highest vote-getters -- could find herself with a new political career in...

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Billion-Dollar Baby: Disturbing Story Of Illinois Politics In Action

Better Government Association- The Shaw Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Politics, Kathy Moore, John Fritchey, Ann Williams, Illinois Tax Hike, Chicago News

She is somebody somebody sent. In the best--or maybe it's the worst--tradition of local politics. And she was pressured into voting for a multi-bil...

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Daley Says If City Took Financial Advice From State, 'We'd Be Bankrupt'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Fritchey Daley, Chicago Public Schools, Tifs, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, State Budget, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Illinois State Budget, Mayor Richard Daley, Mayor Daley, Chicago Budget Hearings, Tif Districts, John Fritchey, Chicago City Budget, Chicago News

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley does not appreciate criticism--whether it's coming from the media, Democrats or Republicans. On Tuesday, he made this abun...

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Sex Crime Crack Down: State Goes After Sex Offenders With Business Licenses

Fox Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, Edward Kent, Illinois Sex Crimes, Sex Offenders, John Fritchey, Business Licensing, Sex Offender Registration, Chicago News

Daniel Bluthardt, the state's Director of Professional Regulation, recently matched the names of everyone licensed by his department against the state...

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Quinn Lands Endorsements, Jabs With Hynes Over Blago Ties

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Governor Race, Pat Quinn, Dick Mell, Illinois Governor 2010, Dan Hynes, John Fritchey, Ira Silverstein, Quinn Hynes, Lou Lang, Rod Blagojevich, Video, Chicago News

Updated The fierce intra-party feuding between Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes reached a new pitch Friday after Quinn announced his latest s...

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Ted Matlak, Deposed North Side Alderman, Running For Cook County Board

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forrest Claypool, John Fritchey, Ted Matlak, Matlak Cook County Board, Chicago News

The race to succeed Democratic Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool, a self-styled reformer from the city's North Side, could be the highest-prof...

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Stroger Was For Override Reform Before He Was Against It

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Todd Stroger Veto, John Fritchey, Stroger Veto Override Reform, Mike Quigley, Stroger Veto, Stroger Veto Override, Todd Stroger, Chicago News

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, who vehemently opposes legislation to reduce the number of votes needed to override his vetoes, supported th...

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John Fritchey Plans Run For Claypool's Cook County Board Seat

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forrest Claypool, John Fritchey, Mike Quigley, Cook County Board, Fritchey Reform, Fritchey Cook County Board, Cook County Politics, Video, Chicago News

State Rep. John Fritchey announced Tuesday he intends to give up his seat in the state legislature to run to replace retiring Commissioner Forrest Cla...

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Quigley Attack Goes Off the Tracks in Fifth Congressional District Race

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois 5th, John Fritchey, Illinois Politics, Sara Feigenholtz, Mike Quigley, Quigley CTA, CTA Doomsday, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Trains, Chicago News

Fritchey and Feigenholtz had the courage to take a tough vote to keep the buses and trains running for thousands of their constituents and thousands of Quigley's.

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Geoghegan's Failed Congressional Bid Lays Progressive Groundwork: Sirota

In These Times | David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Fritchey, Tom Geoghegan, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Progressive Movement, Sara Feigenholtz, Mike Quigley, Chicago News

There is a value in backing long shots, even if those long shots lose. In Geoghegan's case, many progressives supported someone who has been an import...

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Mike Quigley Wins Democratic Primary To Replace Rahm Emanuel In Congress

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Fritchey, Tom Geoghegan, Fifth District Results, Pat O'Connor, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Illinois Special Election, Illinois Fifth District Race, Paul Bryar, Victor Forys, Sara Feigenholtz, Mike Quigley, Charles Wheelan, Mike Quigley Congress, Rosanna Pulido, Congressman Quigley, Video, Chicago News

UPDATE 11:00 P.M. Though poised to follow Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich and Dan Rostenkowski as the Congressman from Illinois' Fifth District, Cook C...

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Daley's Candidate in the Illinois Fifth Congressional District Election: Feigenholtz?

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russ Stewart, John Fritchey, Rich MIller, Patrick O'Connor, Illinois 5th, Illinois Politics, Sara Feigenholtz, Richard Daley, Daley Feigenholtz, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Illinois Fifth District Race, Illinois Special Election, Chicago News

Why would Feigenholtz have the Mayor's favor? Because the others seem to have his disfavor.

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All Emanuel Replacement Candidates Make Case In 30 Seconds (LISTEN)

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Fritchey, Tom Geoghegan, Pat O'Connor, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Rahm Emanuel Race, Illinois Special Election, Illinois Fifth District Race, Sara Feigenholtz, Mike Quigley, Charles Wheelan, Chicago News

There are 23 candidates running to replace Rahm Emanuel in the 5th Congressional District. We asked each of them to give us their 30 second pitch....

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Blago's Top Fundraiser Donated To Fritchey In Emanuel Replacement Race

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Milan Petrovic, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Fritchey Blagojevich, John Fritchey, Rod Blagojevich, Petrovic Fritchey, Fritchey Campaign Donors, Chicago News

Milan Petrovic, who was listed as Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top campaign fundraiser at a political corruption trial last year, recently gave $2,400 to th...

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Receptionist Claims She Was Fired For Backing Forys Over Fritchey In Emanuel Replacement Race

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Fritchey, Fritchey Unions, Rahm Emanuel, Il-5, Forys Fritchey, Illinois Fifth District Race, Agnes Sobczyk, Victor Forys, Chicago News

Did a union that supports a candidate for U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel's seat fire a worker for endorsing a different candidate? The campaign of Dr. Victor...

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Emanuel Replacement Race: Feigenholtz Holds Money Lead, Tribune Reaffirms Quigley Support, Nate Silver Sets Odds

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Geoghegan, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Feigenholtz Fundraising, Il-5, Illinois Fifth District Race, Illinois Special Election, Mike Quigley, Charles Wheelan, Feigenholtz Quigley, Feigenholtz Attack Ads, Nate Silver, John Fritchey, Tribune Quigley, Pat O'Connor, Victor Forys, Sara Feigenholtz, Video, Chicago News

With under three days before Democratic voters will choose a nominee to replace Rahm Emanuel in the Fifth Congressional District, the eager candidates...

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Burris Becomes Hot Issue In Emanuel Replacement Race, Quigley Jabs Fritchey Over His Role

Politico | MANU RAJU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Fritchey, Burris Emanuel Race, Roland Burris, John Fritchey Burris Questioning, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Mike Quigley, Chicago News

In an interview, Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley took a shot at state Rep. John Fritchey (D), who during the Jan. 8 testimony objected three tim...

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