The third issue of the Chicago Current hits the streets tomorrow.
It’ll be distributed from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. at City Hall the following ‘L’ stops: Read more...
The third issue of the Chicago Current hits the streets tomorrow.
It’ll be distributed from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. at City Hall the following ‘L’ stops: Read more...
We've not seen the worst of Chicago's winter yet, and Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool thinks Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is paying attention to the Weather Channel.
At a press conference this morning, Claypool said voters are being "manipulated" by politicians who set the primary election date for Feb. 2. Read more...
Seeking to give struggling homeowners some relief, Cook County commissioners are committing $3 million to create a foreclosure mediation program.
The program provides a way for homeowners and lenders to meet face-to-face and sort out their options with the help of county-provided counselors. Read more...
While Mayor Daley can almost always count on City Council members to vote his way, the opposite is true across the hall in the county boardroom, according to a new study released this week by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In the report, entitled “County Wars,” political science professor Dick Simpson and Tom Kelly, a graduate student, found only four of 17 county commissioners are likely to vote with County Board President Todd Stroger between 76 and 100 percent of the time. Meanwhile, 11 commissioners who have served at the same time as Stroger vote against him more than 50 percent of the time. Read more...
