On a bright and brutally cold afternoon earlier this month, Todd Connor and Xavier Nogueras canvassed the Northwest Side of Chicago, selling their candidacies for commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Cook County Board, respectively. Read more...
Responding to flood of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder, the Cook County Board of Commissioners yesterday approved a resolution to ease soldiers’ transitions home with a series of programs to treat PTSD.
The resolution, introduced by Commissioner Edwin Reyes, establishes PTSD screening events in all 17 county districts at National Guard Armories, where available. At these screening and benefit fairs, veterans will have the opportunity to meet with prospective employers, develop their resume, get information on veteran benefits and get follow up treatment for mental illnesses. Read more...
Monday is the deadline for Cook County Clerk David Orr to submit ballots to be printed for the Feb. 2 primary, though with some outstanding hearings, it looks like that deadline is blown. Already a number of petition challenges have been overturned, chief among them Clerk of Courts Dorothy Brown’s challenge to County Board President Todd Stroger.
Here’s the other county challenges are shaping up, as of yesterday afternoon. In all, eight challenges were sustained; nine were overruled; two were withdrawn and two have yet to be determined. Read more...
An influential contingent of Chicago-area Hispanic leaders endorsed Gov. Pat Quinn this morning, about a week after U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Chicago, backed Quinn's campaign. Read more...
