News Coverage: Todd Stroger

He is not aiming for sweeping changes. He is not shooting for the stars. He does not want to ruffle feathers.

With critics assailing him amid embarrassing dustups, County Board President Todd Stroger finds himself under a spotlight and struggling to define the agenda for the remainder of his term. Read more...

For the second time in a month, Cook County commissioners yesterday failed to override a veto by County Board President Todd Stroger.

At the board's meeting May 18, Stroger's veto of a county-wide hiring freeze was upheld. This time, commissioners were unable to muster the 11 votes needed to force through an ordinance giving them closer supervision of personnel issues. The override attempt failed with nine yeas, six nays and two absent. Read more...

The Cook County Health and Hospitals System's board tomorrow will debate a resolution in support of making the system permanently independent of county government. 

The 2008 ordinance establishing the independent board calls for the health system to revert back to Cook County Board oversight in 2011. Read more...

Citing the recent revelations about questionable contracts approved by Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley is seeking a federal inquiry into whether the county misspent grant funds. 

A number of news reports have highlighted so-called "24-9" contracts - those that come in just under the $25,000 threshold that requires County Board approval. Read more...

The Democratic nominee for Cook County Board president is backing off one of her main campaign promises: eliminating the remainder of the county's sales tax.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported this morning that Preckwinkle said a growing deficit, which she placed at between $250 million and $500 million, would prohibit rolling back the remainder of the sales tax until at least 2012. Preckwinkle has said throughout her campaign she would gradually reduce the sales tax. Read more...