A skeptical Springfield awaits after Chicago Bears pitch stadium plan backed by mayor
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislative leaders slow to embrace public funding for new Bears stadium and lakefront improvement plan.
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Cook County Health Foundation expansion dropped amid spending questions
The report questioned how leadership of the Cook County Health Foundation spent nearly $80,000, entered into contracts and hired outside counsel.
Federal court delivers another victory to Obama Foundation in park group fight
An appeals judge ruled against the parks advocacy group, which argued the agreement to lease a slice of Jackson Park to former President Barack Obama’s foundation violated the public trust.
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73
Yarbrough garnered her biggest accolades for her House sponsorship of the ban on executions in Illinois, culminating in the passage of the legislation in January 2011.
Eileen O’Neill Burke: How she won and what it might mean for the office of Cook County’s top prosecutor going forward
Should Eileen O’Neill Burke ultimately win, she would quickly face formulating her own reform agenda, making cases to tamp down Chicago’s persistent gun violence and running an office struggling with...
New migrant shelter opening at Chicago’s St. Bartholomew Catholic Church
After months of delay, a new migrant shelter for families is opening at the shuttered St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Portage Park later this month, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced late...
Johnson da luz verde a cuatro sitios en ‘LaSalle Reimagined’ para construir residencias en el centro
El alcalde Brandon Johnson seguirá adelante con el programa de su predecesora Lori Lightfoot para reparar cuatro edificios antiguos del Loop, ofreciendo $151.2 millones en dinero público para ayudar a...
Johnson greenlights four ‘LaSalle Reimagined’ sites to build downtown residences
The projects, which were first proposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, would cost roughly $520 million and create 1,000 more living units.
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough hospitalized
Karen Yarbrough is the first African American and female clerk of Cook County. She was first elected clerk in 2018 and was reelected in 2022.
Eileen O’Neill Burke marks victory in primary for state’s attorney as November campaign looms
O'Neill Burke now finds herself embraced by the same county Democratic Party that championed her primary opponent, Clayton Harris III.