Update | 3:49 p.m. Robyn Ziegler, spokeswoman for Attorney General Lisa Madigan, said the attorney general’s office doesn’t have primary jurisdiction over criminal investigations and prosecution: That’s left to the Cook County state’s attorney.
Randall Samborn, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, declined to comment. Read more...
As Cook County commissioners meet today to discuss the unpopular 1 percent sales tax they have unsuccessfully tried to repeal twice in the last six months, several story lines are at play, not the least of which is how County Board Todd Stroger will respond.
It’s likely that commissioners will vote to repeal the sales tax, followed, as in the past, by a Stroger veto. But just how will that veto play out? Read more...
Tuesday's County Board meeting is likely to be the big headline this week.
With a new law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn that lowers the number of votes required to override a veto, it looks like the bloc of commissioners opposed to board President Todd Stroger's sales tax will finally succeed in knocking it down on Tuesday. Read more...
