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Cook County chips in to help buy hotels in Evanston and Oak Park for people who are homeless; also...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoUsing some of the federal dollars Cook County received to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic, county...
Cook County Democrats to choose Karen Yarbrough’s replacement
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMembers of the Cook County Democratic Party meet Friday to choose an interim replacement for the...
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoCook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, a fixture in state and local Democratic Party politics who successfully championed legislation to ban the death...
Cook County Board members vote themselves 10% raises, with automatic future pay bumps
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter multiple false starts, Cook County’s 17 commissioners, board president and other elected officials will get significant — and indefinite — salary bumps under a proposal that gained final ...
State’s attorney candidate rips opponent for prosecuting 11-year-old in murder case
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBackers of Cook County state’s attorney candidate Clayton Harris III are arguing his opponent’s...
Hundreds gather to remember Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough: ‘Compassionate, determined,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA collection of politicians, community activists, family, friends and co-workers filled a majestic...
Editorial: For the Cook County Board. Deer, Gordon, Podgorski, Daley, Hu, Morita, Britton,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDemocrats have a stranglehold on Cook County governance. From Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on down, every executive office is held by a Democrat.On the current county board, ...
Praise, advice for Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson at his last Cook County Board meeting: ‘Don’t...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCook County commissioners old and new heaped praise on Brandon Johnson during his last county board meeting before he’s sworn in as Chicago mayor. Sitting on the dais in the cramped boardroom ...
Another alderman announces his departure from City Council — the second this week
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAld. Howard Brookins Jr. has joined the growing list of Chicago City Council members who won’t seek...