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Cook County clerk reverses course, allows disputed Harvey levy vote to stand

May 22, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

In an eleventh-hour twist to an already unusual political fight, the Cook County clerk's office reversed course and approved a levy that will keep Harvey residents paying property taxes for...

Harvey tax levy rejected by Cook County clerk in wake of chaotic meeting

May 22, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

The Cook County clerk's office has quickly rejected a controversial mayor's attempt to levy property taxes against the wishes of the majority of his suburb's council members in what has...

Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg, shown Feb. 8, 2016, says a vote on a property tax levy ordinance April 25 was valid, even though some aldermen say two aldermen considered abstention votes weren't in the room at the time.

Wild Harvey council meeting ends with officials debating if they passed levy

May 22, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

In one more twist to an already heated and highly unusual political battle, Harvey city officials can't even agree whether two aldermen were in the room during a crucial vote...

Audit finds ‘significant breakdowns’ in anti-violence program under Quinn

May 15, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

A state agency at the center of a scathing audit vowed it would follow through on findings that showed "significant breakdowns" in how it doled out anti-violence grants and oversaw...

A preliminary report about to be released shows mismanagement continued in former Gov. Pat Quinn's anti-violence program despite assurances it was being fixed.

Audit draft shows more mismanagement in Quinn’s anti-violence program

May 22, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

In his unsuccessful 2014 bid for re-election, then-Gov. Pat Quinn vowed that sweeping changes had cleaned up an unwieldy anti-violence program, but new findings show that widespread problems persisted for...

Right, Ald. Lamont Brown, walks out of the City of Harvey, City Council Meeting, during the mayor's report, at Harvey City Hall on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

Harvey alderman charged with battery after run-in with city employee

June 11, 2018 at 5:38 a.m.

A Harvey alderman has been charged with battery and disorderly conduct in an incident fueling even more controversy in an already caustic political environment in the long-troubled south suburb. Ald....

Ald. Lamont Brown walks out a City Council meeting at Harvey City Hall on Feb. 8, 2016.

Past felonies, secret recordings dog Harvey official’s push for reforms

June 12, 2018 at 2:39 a.m.

Last spring, an ex-con turned motivational speaker got just enough votes to become a city alderman in a south suburb known for corruption and bruising politics. Ald. Lamont Brown became...

John Sullivan, shown in his Oak Lawn home in 2014, thought he was renting his house to a corporate executive and his family. Instead, he ended up renting to a couple with a history of allegations of fraud. He says they paid little in rent, had to be forced out through a lengthy legal action, trashed his house and stole his appliances.

Ex-con couple pile up fraud complaints while authorities do little

May 22, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

John Sullivan grimaces as he recalls the day Robert and Connie Brown came looking to buy his Oak Lawn home. With thinning gray hair and a can-do attitude, Bob seemed...

Debt soars in Harvey from $14 million to $64 million, audits show

June 11, 2018 at 7:19 a.m.

After years of delay, the financially troubled suburb of Harvey has begun filing a backlog of state-mandated financial audits, showing the city has gone far deeper in the financial hole...

Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg at a city council meeting Dec. 8, 2014.

Harvey taxpayers facing lower bills, severe cuts amid levy battle

June 16, 2018 at 6:47 a.m.

In a nearly unprecedented level of political brinkmanship, city of Harvey aldermen have failed to approve collecting a property tax levy — a move that could prompt drastic budget cuts...

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