Todd Stroger

The program has cost at least $44 million in federal funding and was, as of this February, under investigation by the FBI, but now the controversial "...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle sailed to office on a mantra of reform. So it's no wonder that she's undertaking a complete overhaul of t...

Former Cook County Board President gained a reputation for misappropriation of county funds, from using government credit cards for dry cleaning to bu...

A former top Cook County official awaiting trial on public corruption charges has been collecting unemployment benefits despite her arrest, county off...

While serving as Cook County Board President, Todd Stroger made headlines for regularly misusing county money. Now that he's out of office, he's appar...

Like thousands of Illinoisans who have lost their jobs, former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has applied for unemployment benefits.But newl...

Toni Preckwinkle won election to the office of Cook County Board President with a sweeping victory. After years of alleged corruption by outgoing Pres...

Today, Toni Preckwinkle takes over as Cook County Board president -- the first woman elected to the post -- after she and the 17 county commissioners ...

Preckwinkle plans to move Cook County government from a culture of corruption to a "culture of performance management" and hire a performance czar to enforce the new culture.

On Monday, newly elected Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was sworn in. Her first day on the job, Preckwinkle fired patronage workers tied...

A former top aide to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger may be sprung from jail as early as Thursday afternoon. Carla Oglesby's parents withd...

A collegial atmosphere, cut with a few good-natured zingers, presided over the last meeting of the current Cook County Board, as a few prominent commi...

First there were the hundreds of thousands of dollars in unsupervised no-bid contracts he gave to friends and allies. Then, there were the raises duri...

The transition of power at the Cook County Board President's office has gone from ugly to uglier, with some harsh words at yesterday's regular board m...

Lame duck Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's administration rang up a $13,000 tab for new furniture in recent months, according to county docu...

In the nine months since his primary defeat rendered him a lame duck, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has violated county decrees, hired cron...

Cook County has been dominated by Democrats for decades. But Roger Keats insists he has a chance in November to be the first Republican in 41 years el...

Chicago alderman Toni Preckwinkle has officially become the first woman to be elected Cook County Board President. With 80 percent of Cook County rep...

A top aide to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger was arrested in October for directing county contracts to her businesses and those of her frien...

UPDATE: County Board President Stroger asked Carla Oglesby for her resignation, and got it, following her court hearing Tuesday morning. Stroger...

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger violated a ban on political hiring more than 150 times since the start of 2008, the attorney at the center of...

Names of potential Chicago mayoral candidates to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley are gushing out with the same intensity that BP's crippled oil well spewed crude a couple months ago.

Our democracy is dying right in front of our eyes. That is the ultimate price we pay by ignoring the annual corruption tax and all the misdeeds they represent.

With more than one out of 10 Chicago-area workers unemployed, you would think federal money for job training would be put to good use. But mismanageme...

Todd Stroger's staff bent or broke county hiring rules to put supporters on payroll and fire naysayers, according to a scathing report released Tuesda...