Early birds file for office as campaigns get started
As political candidates and their supporters lined up outside the State Board of Elections to file candidacy petitions Monday, they braced against a bone-chilling wind as well as the cold...
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Both sides on smoking ban may ask vote on own plans
A Chicago City Council committee on Monday heard three hours of discussion and debate, some of it acrimonious, some impassioned, on a smoking ban proposal before recessing without taking a...
Workers join fight over city hiring
Six current and former city workers joined the long-running battle over City Hall patronage Tuesday, alleging that their careers in Mayor Richard Daley's administration suffered because they lacked the right...
GOP taps candidate for county sheriff
A criminal investigator for the Cook County state's attorney's office announced Saturday that he will accept the Republican nomination to run for Cook County sheriff, becoming the first Hispanic in...
1st round of election being fought now
The decibel level on the 5th floor of the Cook County Building has grown appreciably over the last three years as upstart politicians challenged the man at the top. Expect...
2 officials seek audit of Provident Hospital
Two Cook County commissioners called Tuesday for an independent management audit of Provident Hospital following the federal indictment of its former chief financial officer. Forrest Claypool and Larry Suffredin submitted...
City gets a Hall monitor
Suggesting that he felt duped by City Hall's past claims to have reined in patronage hiring, a federal judge Tuesday appointed a monitor with broad powers to oversee the city's...
Another day, another exit
Mayor Richard Daley insisted Tuesday that he had no role in personnel decisions and denied knowledge of any criminal activity, even as a growing hiring scandal led to the departure...
In terms of clout, city’s 11th Ward towers above rest
Criminal complaints filed Monday in U.S. District Court against two men with strong ties to the 11th Ward take aim at patronage--the political lifeblood of this Daley-controlled political organization, one...
Stroger says he will retire … some time in the next 35 years
It's official: Cook County Board President John Stroger will retire--some day. As speculation about his political future swirled in advance of next year's election, Stroger, 76, declared after the County...