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Editorial: Shakman took on patronage, but the job’s unfinished. Exhibit A: Democrat Karen Yarbrough.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn 1969, attorney Michael Shakman, then 27, went to court to tear down Chicago’s patronage system, a...
CPD consent decree in danger of failing, former city IG says
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWith a new mayoral administration, no permanent police superintendent and a new federal judge...
Afternoon Briefing: A win for endangered piping plovers like Monty and Rose
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood afternoon, Chicago. The Shakman consent decree is no more as it applies to the governor’s...
Appeals court calls for end of federal oversight of Illinois hiring that’s been in place for 50...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — A U.S. appeals court in Chicago on Friday called for an end to federal court oversight of...
Court ends oversight of hiring in Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough’s office, closing historic...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn a historic decision, a federal judge Thursday ended the half-century-old anti-patronage case...
Illinois Wins End to 50-Year Oversight of State Employment
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- A federal appeals court in Chicago ended five decades of oversight of Illinois...
Cook County court clerk is latest to exit federal oversight of hiring practices, though...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFollowing closely on the heels of the county assessor’s office, Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez...
Report: Ill. Corrections manipulated hiring for phantom post
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA report Tuesday by a state inspector general found that an Illinois prison system administrator...
Machine politics still front and center in race for 33rd Ward alderman
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor the first time in 48 years, the name “Mell” won’t be on the ballot for Chicago alderman in the Northwest Side’s 33rd Ward. And while the democratic socialist alderman who four years ago ...
Cook County court clerk getting boost in reelection bid from her government employees
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoCook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez’s bid for reelection is being helped by political...