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Home » Cook County Board

Tag: Cook County Board

Posted inNews & Politics

Q&A with mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle

by Ben Joravsky February 4, 2019August 18, 2021

“It’s really critical that as mayor you have good working relationships with all of the constituencies that make up the city.”

Posted inBlogs

All hail Maria Pappas

by Maya Dukmasova May 9, 2018August 18, 2021

Cook County’s treasurer of 20 years was a firecracker in the early 90s. Hell, she still is.

Posted inBlogs

Todd Stroger drops out of race for Cook County Board president, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Obama returns to Chicago Tuesday for Emanuel climate change meeting.

Posted inBlogs

A lottery will determine whether Kennedy, Biss, or Pritzker’s name is first on the gubernatorial primary ballot, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd November 28, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Toni Preckwinkle vows to play hardball against challengers.

Posted inBlogs

Todd Stroger is running against Toni Preckwinkle for Cook County Board president, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd November 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago’s homicide count has surpassed 600 for the second year in a row.

Posted inBlogs

Former alderman Fioretti running against Preckwinkle for Cook County Board president, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd November 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, an Illinois Republican congressman calls on the GOP to “disown every aspect of” Roy Moore.

Posted inBlogs

Stephen Paddock rented two Michigan Avenue hotel rooms overlooking Lollapalooza but never showed up, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd October 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Cubs home playoff tickets are the most expensive in the MLB..

Posted inBlogs

Congressman Luis Gutierrez wants the military to help storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd October 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, more than 1,000 people turned out for Kenneka Jenkins’s funeral.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner rejects Emanuel’s massive Thompson Center offer, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Uber CEO Trevor Kalanick was forced to resign in a downtown Chicago hotel Tuesday.

Posted inBlogs

Aldermen agree to install 30 more surveillance cameras around Wrigley Field after Manchester bombing, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd May 24, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Toni Preckwinkle will run for reelection as Cook County Board president next year.

Posted inNews & Politics

Despite decriminalization, Chicago’s grass gap persists

by Lee V. Gaines April 19, 2017August 18, 2021

It took statewide decriminalization to get Chicago cops to stop arresting mostly black Chicagoans for possession of small amounts of weed.

Posted inBlogs

Solutions for violence in Austin face slow implementation, money troubles

by Rachel Hinton March 15, 2017August 18, 2021

Community organizers and elected officials agree on what they need to curb violence, but say progress has been slow going.

Posted inBlogs

Video shows 50-year-old man beaten by group yelling “Don’t vote Trump!” and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd November 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock is indicted.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Park District slams Friends of Parks’ ‘outrageous’ Lucas Museum demands, and other news

by Kate Shepherd June 21, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, iconic 90s show Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding returns to Chicago.

Posted inNews & Politics

Can Cook County commissioners do anything about Homan Square?

by La Risa Lynch January 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Richard Boykin wants the feds to investigate Chicago’s “off the books” interrogation site. But his move will test the relationship between city and county governments.

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