A threatened seizure of the James R. Thompson Center has been linked to a convicted property fraudster.
Cook County
Cook Circuit Court Clerk's page out of site
A recent survey showed a problem with the Web site for the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Proposed law changes county board president succession
A state bill changes how the Cook County Board of Commissioners fills a vacancy in the president's office—if, say, Toni Preckwinkle had become Chicago's next mayor
A tweet-level look at Cook County Board meetings
In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on WCPT-AM's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave reports on his live-tweeting from a meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
Justice group reckons checkered records
Interview with the Chicago Justice Project's Tracy Siska about "Convicted in Cook," an analysis of Cook County conviction data.
Preckwinkle takes on detention
Cook County board president Tony Preckwinkle is poised to seize a job that's done by the man who wears the sheriff's star: responsibility for putting jail detainees on electronic monitoring.
Court clerk: "As bad a bureaucracy gets"
A report by the Better Government Association says Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown tried—and failed—to hike revenues for a government office that's "as bad as a bureaucracy gets."
New County Recorder tried illegal hiring influence
The new Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough tried to illegally influence hiring before taking office, according to a federal monitor.
The Grow House Next Door
Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the two forms of justice and more.
Post-Stroger Politics
Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how Chicagoans use county government, and more.
Cook County Needs Cojones
Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the scripting of Joint Board of Review meetings, and more.