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...
For the better part of the last decade, CTA riders have been held hostage. Over and over again, they’ve been threatened with everything from cuts in bus service to elimination of “L” lines. Read more...
In 1969, Richard M. Daley entered politics as a newly elected delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention. Read more...
In the year and a half since the Cook County Health and Hospitals System was wrenched away from the Cook County Board of Commissioners, the independent board has taken drastic steps to increase revenue and improve efficiency and services to patients. Read more...
