Candidate, Former SEC Chairman Bash Water Deal that Flushed $68 Million Down the Sewer
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.
Paras Bhayani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
The voters who would have backed Claypool, many of whom live on the North Side and in suburban Cook County, might well be the swing votes in this election.
Huffington Post | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago
Congressman Danny Davis may be backing away from a run for Cook County Board president in order to keep his seat in Washington. Davis has said repeat...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago
In a major disappointment for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, the county's Democratic leaders today have declined to endorse him for re-elec...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger downplayed his dismal approval rating in a Tribune/WGN poll Thursday and alleged that the low numbers were pa...
Chicago Sun-Times | MARK J. KONKOL | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago
Ask anyone, even Cook County President Todd Stroger's closest pals, and they'll tell you Ol' Todd has bumbled his way through his first term....
Chicago Public Radio | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago
The head of an agency that handles wastewater in Cook County is running for county board president....
Newstips | Curtis Black | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago
Preservationists got a temporary reprieve last night with a public statement that demolition of buildings on the Michael Reese Hospital campus won't b...
Shawn Healy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago
Todd Stroger intends to seek reelection, but it's hard to see him weathering an ultra-competitive primary with such shaky credentials.
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago
The race for the Cook County Board Presidency just got a little more crowded. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown announced Friday that she...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago
Another big local name is considering running for Cook County Board president. U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is forming an exploratory committee to weigh a r...
Hermene Hartman | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago
The political landscape of Chicago and Illinois is destined to change in its black representation. Todd Stroger has been a disappointment. He should go home and not waste the public's time with another run.
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.22.2009 | Chicago
Damage control is not one of Todd Stroger's specialties. The beleaguered Cook County Board president's recent round of media interviews has raised mo...
Chicago Sun-Times | Laura Washington | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago
It's a heady time in African-American politics. Presidents, senators and congressmen are feeling the burn. The old political hands are nervous. The yo...
Gapers Block | Ramsin Canon | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago
But why is [Ald. Toni] Preckwinkle looking to leave the 4th Ward just as the Olympic Games threaten to tear the community apart? Just when the ward wo...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 02.13.2009 | Chicago
While the media pack has been overwhelmed covering Messrs. Blagojevich, Burris and Obama, a big local political story has been quietly developing in r...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago
It looks like the on-again, off-again plan to move the $1.1 billion Olympic Village to the campus of Michael Reese Hospital could be back on again. A...
Crain's Chicago Business | Steven R. Strahler | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago
Hyde Park, a neighborhood that sets itself studiously apart, soon will be shoved into the international spotlight. With local resident Barack Obama h...
David Hoyt | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago
The Chicago Tribune's zoning series missed the half of the story that corresponds to the half of the city known as the South Side.
Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago
UPDATE Aldermen delayed a vote Monday on Mayor Daley's plan to boot the cars of drivers with just two unpaid tickets, rather than the current minimu...
David Ormsby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago