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preckwinkle
Apr 14, 2013 08:00 AM
Cook County unions, vendors are among the board president's biggest financial backers. That's raising conflict of interest questions but she says it's not an issue.
 
chicago vote
Mar 24, 2013 10:34 AM
Cook County has a rich political history, to say the least. But a new analysis finds its voters don't have a lot of choices in local elections.
 
Sandi Jackson
Feb 23, 2013 10:48 AM
35 former Chicago aldermen have been nailed for corruption since 1973.
 

Jan 16, 2013 09:27 AM
With election season underway, rivals to the village’s establishment find curious – and perhaps improper – roadblocks as they try to get on the ballot.
 
ABC's of State Fiscal Mess
Nov 30, 2012 10:48 PM
We're drawing inspiration from Big Bird and "Sesame Street" to explain how Madigan and Cullerton, the legislative leaders who have presided over a deepening crisis and raised taxes without solving the state's problems, get sent back to Springfield with even more power.
 
Lawmaker salary
Nov 29, 2012 05:30 PM
Despite state pension woes and ailing finances, legislators among nation's highest paid, a BGA "Rescuing Illinois" examination reveals.
 
Why Waste Time When Clout’s On The Line?
Nov 29, 2012 05:11 PM
Before she was even elected, incoming Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough insinuated herself into the agency’s hiring process – a brazen move that may have violated an anti-patronage court order.​
 
Why No Subs for Ailing Legislators?
Nov 03, 2012 10:07 PM
We can’t prevent an unexpected calamity that sidelines an elected representative. But why not consider letting every senator and representative designate a “temporary replacement” for emergencies?
 
 Spotty Attendance Continues To Dog DuPage Board
Oct 15, 2012 10:39 AM
Analysis shows some County Board members still miss far too many public meetings -- especially for a part-time job that pays $50,000 a year and carries a taxpayer-subsidized pension. Have some of these officials "checked out?"
 
Maywood
Aug 27, 2012 10:03 AM
This mid-size suburb just west of Chicago is about as dysfunctional as a unit of government can be.
 
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