In the News

October 2012

Mixed Reaction from Commissioners on Cook County Slot Machine Tax - Chicago Sun-Times, 10/15/12

June 2012

Glenview’s Sanitary District Trustees Accused of Padding Salaries, Commissioner Demands Stricter Ethics Code- Glenview Patch, 6/26/12

Goslin proposing curbs on sanitary district spending- Glenview Announcements, 6/12/12

Cook County Board remapping process winding down - Daily Herald, 6/5/12

April 2012

Tear Down the Tax Silos - Chicago Tribune, 4/17/12

Nine Cook County Judges to be Hired Despite Lighter Caseloads – Daily Herald, 4/3/12

February 2012

Immigration Detainer Law Sparks Debate – Chicago News Cooperative, 2/9/12

January 2012

Chamber Inducts New President, Officers – Glenview Lantern, 1/10/12

November 2011

Referendum Would Decide Fate of Recorder of Deeds – Chicago Sun-Times, 11/13/11

Preckwinkle Creates Task Force for Unincorporated Concerns – Daily Herald, 11/4/11

Preckwinkle Tables Tax Plan – Chicago News Cooperative, 11/4/11

Preckwinkle Backs Off Charging Residents in Unincorporated Areas for Sheriff’s Policing – Chicago Sun-Times, 11/3/11

October 2011

Commissioner Beavers Tees Off on Preckwinkle’s County Budget – Chicago Sun-Times, 10/25/11

September 2011

County Board Furlough Battle Escalates – Chicago Sun-Times, 9/22/11

Furlough Debate Threatens to Stymie Budget Negotiations for Cook County Board – WBEZ, 9/22/11

August 2011

Quentin Road Expansion Faces Hurdles – Palatine Patch, 8/29/11

Projected Cook County Budget Shortfall Will Bring Cuts – Evanston Patch, 8/22/11

County May Retake Some Health System Duties – Chicago Tribune, 8/11/11

July 2011

Partisan Debt Standoff Spills Over Onto County Board – CBS Chicago, 7/13/11

June 2011

Barrington Hills Horse Trail Dispute Ends – Daily Herald, 6/29/11

April 2011

Suburban Commissioners Oppose Stance on Concealed Gun Bill – Daily Herald, 4/23/11

March 2011

Cook County OKs $3 Billion Budget, Government Shutdown – Chicago Sun-Times, 3/27/11

Goslin, Jurczaj Receive Illinois Park & Recreation Association Community Service Awards – Triblocal, 3/21/11

Cook Employees Need to Share Cars, Commissioners Say – Daily Herald, 3/10/11

February 2011

Cook OKs Full Sales-Tax Rollback – Daily Herald, 2/26/11

Cook County to Rollback Sales-Tax Increase by 2013 – Chicago Sun-Times, 2/26/11

Cook County Board Marathon Session on Preckwinkle Budget – Chicago Tribune, 2/25/11

September 2010

Cook County Board Bans ‘Undetectable’ Plastic Knives at Courthouses – Chicago Tribune, 9/15/10

June 2010

Taking Right Way on Red Light Cameras – Daily Herald, 6/18/10

Cook Board Lets Suburbs Opt Out of Red Light Cameras – Daily Herald, 6/15/10

Suburbs Recourse Over Red Light Cameras Remains Murky – Daily Herald, 6/10/10

Cook Board Makes Separate Health Board Permanent – Daily Herald, 6/2/10

Finish the Revolution – Chicago Tribune, 6/1/10

December 2009

After 4th Try, Cook Co. Sales Tax Rollback Will Stick – Daily Herald, 12/1/09

November 2009

One More Sponsor – Daily Herald, 11/21/09

Hearing Footsteps – Chicago Tribune, 11/18/09

Commissioners Plan New Attack on Cook Sales Tax – Daily Herald, 11/16/09

Cook Co. Commissioners Out to Snuff New Film Office – Daily Herald, 11/10/09

Several Cook Commissioners Seek to Cut Proposed County Film Office – Crain’s Chicago Business, 11/10/09

Study Shows Suburban Cook Businesses Take Hit Over Sales Tax – Daily Herald, 11/6/09

May 2009

Cook County Board President Now Can’t Be Member As Well – Daily Herald, 5/20/09

Veto Redux: Stroger May Kill Bill Restricting Him – Crain’s Chicago Business, 5/20/09

Could Cook County Embrace Separation of Powers Doctrine? – Daily Herald, 5/5/09

Cook Co. Board Repeals Sales Tax, But Stroger Veto Expected – Daily Herald, 5/5/09

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