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Just a handful of the 63 higher education institutions in Cook County appear to be following a law that requires all Illinois colleges and universities to adopt safety policies and procedures meant to keep students safe. The Illinois Campus Security Enhancement Act, approved unanimously by the Illinois General Assembly just weeks after the Northern...
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Getting a ticket for possession of 10 grams of marijuana or less, instead of getting arrested, could come to Cook County because of recent change to the cannabis possession ordinance. The Cook County Board of Commissioners expanded the jurisdiction of marijuana ticketing for possession of 10 grams or less, ordinance to cover Ford Heights....
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Cook County Board Commissioners approved an ordinance last week that will overhaul the county’s procurement process as well as raise all board-approval contracts to $150,000. The ordinance–which was unanimously approved– re-organizes and modernizes the county’s purchasing process with outside vendors, while also using taxpayers’ dollars more efficiently, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said...
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In a sweeping victory that was also widely expected, 4th Ward Ald. Toni Preckwinkle took the stage Tuesday night before a roomful of cheering supporters, saying, “I’m proud to stand here as your next Cook County Board president.” Preckwinkle’s win makes her the first woman board president in Cook County. “I want to say...
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A News report from Lake Effect News A Cook County judge handed down guilty verdicts in the bench trial of two political workers for Ald. Berny Stone on charges that they had allegedly tampered with absentee ballots stemming from the 2007 aldermanic race in Chicago’a 50th Ward. Anish Eapen, the former ward Streets and...
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A news report from Chicagoist.com Former alderman Isaac “Ike” Carothers, who pleaded guilty to bribery charges earlier this year, was sentenced today to 28 months in federal prison. Carothers has been ordered to report August 23 to begin serving his sentence. While which prison he serves time at ultimately rests with the Bureau of Prisons, the...
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ChicagoTalks.org doesn’t have a regular editorial feature; however, we are going to introduce an “Occasional Opinion” feature as our cool spring begins to slide into summer and fall into election season. If you are interested in submitting an editorial about Chicago-centric issues, please contact us. We may publish editorials or highlight and link to...
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Judge Ursula Walowski works at a pace that can only be described as frenetic. A judge in Cook County’s Domestic Violence Court, Walowski sets bonds, dismisses cases and imposes her judgments so swiftly that simply following along can become dizzying. With so many cases on her docket, a visitor to her courtroom may wonder:...
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Nancy Buckley knows all too well the ill effects of bad air. In the past year, the 44-year-old has been hospitalized three times due to severe asthma attacks. “It’s like somebody sticking a pillow over you and you’re trying to breathe through it,” said Buckley, who lives on the North Side of Chicago. “Treatments...
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It was a full house, with over 200 women and a handful of men in an audience that was anxious to hear what the next Cook County Board president would do to protect and better serve women and men who are victims of violence. The forum, Violence Against Women, held at Loyola University, is...
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