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Former Cook County Board member Jeff Tobolski, shown at a 2013 meeting in Chicago, was also mayor of suburban McCook.

Commissioner Jeff Tobolski resigns from Cook County Board, Forest Preserve District committee leadership posts citing ‘current health issues’

November 14, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

Saying health issues have stopped him from attending important meetings, Commissioner Jeff Tobolski this week resigned from his committee leadership posts on the Cook County Board and Forest Preserve District....

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks to the news media after meeting with legislators at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offers plan to lower fines, end vehicle impoundment for illegal pot possession

November 13, 2019 at 6:48 p.m.

With less than two months before recreational marijuana is deemed legal in Illinois, Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced an ordinance on Wednesday that will lower the penalties and fines for people...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot chats with Gov. J.B. Pritzker at a Veterans Day ceremony in Chicago on Nov. 11, 2019. Lightfoot wants state lawmakers to allow the city to implement a graduated real estate transfer tax on pricey land deals.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will head to Springfield to urge Illinois lawmakers for help landing a Chicago casino

November 12, 2019 at 7:01 a.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is heading to Springfield on Tuesday in hopes of eking out a deal to make a proposed Chicago casino more attractive to potential developers by reducing the...

Former President Barack Obama speaks during the closing session of the 2019 Obama Foundation Summit on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago on Oct. 29.

Obama hopes his presidential center will transform Chicago’s South Side

October 30, 2019 at 5:54 a.m.

With his Obama Presidential Center, former President Barack Obama wants to create a beacon that sends out a signal of hope to young organizers, leaders, community workers and change agents,...

Former first lady Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, converse during a session of the 2019 Obama Foundation Summit at the Kaplan Institute at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. (Terrence Antonio James / baiduhai)

Michelle Obama discusses why presidential center fits Jackson Park, and how white flight hurt her South Side community

October 29, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

The Obamas selected Jackson Park for the Obama Presidential Center because not only was the public park underutilized, it was close to their Chicago home and it was the largest...

FILE - In this Saturday, April 6, 2019 file photo, former U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hand with visitors as he leaves after a town hall meeting at the 'European School For Management And Technology' (ESMT) in Berlin, Germany. On Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that Obama has signed a $90 million deal with Netflix to produce a documentary about the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. A Netflix spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press that no such arrangement has been made or is under consideration. A spokeswoman for Obama also confirmed there is no truth to such a deal. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, former President Barack Obama meet about presidential center

October 29, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

On the Tribune app? Watch live here. As a raucous few hours in politics was winding down in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and former President Barack Obama met to discuss...

Former President Barack Obama at the second Obama Foundation summit at the Mariott Marquis hotel in Chicago on Nov. 19, 2018.

Will former President Barack Obama discuss the political climate when he appears in Chicago? Historians, experts say probably not.

October 26, 2019 at 2:08 p.m.

He hasn't voiced support for any of the Democratic presidential candidates, hasn't publicly piped up to clarify his relationship with his vice president, Joe Biden, or uttered a word about...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivers her budget address during a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall on Oct. 23, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offers $11.65 billion budget plan she says will close $838 million deficit with help from Springfield

October 24, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

Five months after inheriting a gargantuan 2020 budget hole, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday outlined a plan she said would close Chicago's looming $838 million deficit without a steep property...

Former first lady Michelle Obama and former President Barack Obama are introduced at the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit on Oct. 31, 2017, in Chicago.

Former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama returning to Chicago for Obama Foundation Summit

October 23, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will be in Chicago on Tuesday, when they are set to appear at the third Obama Foundation Summit, officials said....

Watchdog report criticizes Cook County Health senior officials’ hefty pay raises

October 22, 2019 at 6:05 p.m.

The chief financial officer of Cook County Health system was given a $60,000 pay raise this year, lifting his salary by 25% from $240,000 to $300,000, according to a recent...

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