Mariyana Spyropoulos defeats incumbent Iris Martinez for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Larry Rogers was besting challenger Larecia Tucker.
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With presidential nominees certain, local candidates make their final push and hope against early indications of low voter turnout
Primary races for U.S. House, Cook County state’s attorney and a homelessness referendum in Chicago among the highlights.
Bring Chicago Home: What voters need to know about the referendum
Bring Chicago Home, which would raise the city’s real estate transfer tax for property sales above $1 million, has taken a bumpy road to get there, including a late court...
From parades to pulpits, candidates make one final push before primary
Politicians fanned out across Chicago during a furious final weekend of campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s Illinois primary elections.
On Election Day, progressive candidates and causes are at the center of Democratic primary ballot
Slotted across the ballot are races and issues that will provide an indication of where the progressive movement stands.
Cook County approves $17 million settlement for Jackie Wilson, exonerated in 1982 cop killings
County will pay $17 million to settle lawsuit accusing former Cook County state’s attorneys of railroading Jackie Wilson in the 1982 murders of two Chicago police officers.
Cook County offers to chip in on food costs for migrants, approves delay to paid-leave mandate for schools, parks
The proposal is part of Preckwinkle’s commitment to help pay for expected costs of the new arrivals crisis in Chicago this year. This is the first time the county will...
Illinois Supreme Court rejects effort to block Bring Chicago Home referendum
The court denied the petition filed by the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago to appeal a lower court’s ruling, likely bringing an end to weeks of legal feuding.
Lightfoot, Martinez call for women to have reproductive health privacy in court records
With one week to go until the March 19 primary, incumbent Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez unveiled a new push to redact and seal court records that mention a woman’s...
Very few voters often decide fate of tax referendums, report finds
A new report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas found that in 75 binding property-tax related referendums put on ballots between 2020 and 2023, the average turnout was 32%.