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Paratransit protesters pressure Quinn for fare freeze
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/21/2009
A dozen paratransit protesters pressured Gov. Quinn Friday to give them the same fare freeze he gave other CTA riders this month. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/21/2009
A dozen paratransit protesters pressured Gov. Quinn Friday to give them the same fare freeze he gave other CTA riders this month. FULL STORY
Cook Co. board crawls toward 2010 budget
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/20/2009
The Cook County Board of Commissioners moved toward adopting a 2010 budget today by voting to cut spending by $32.5 million, accounting for a half-cent on the dollar sales tax rollback voted on earlier this week. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/20/2009
The Cook County Board of Commissioners moved toward adopting a 2010 budget today by voting to cut spending by $32.5 million, accounting for a half-cent on the dollar sales tax rollback voted on earlier this week. FULL STORY
Cook prez candidate Preckwinkle outlines 'compact for change'
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/20/2009
Chicago Hyde Park Democratic Alderman Toni Preckwinkle presented what she called a "compact for change" with voters Thursday in her campaign for president of the Cook County Board. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/20/2009
Chicago Hyde Park Democratic Alderman Toni Preckwinkle presented what she called a "compact for change" with voters Thursday in her campaign for president of the Cook County Board. FULL STORY
CSN airs Ben Wilson doc, Mag Mile light show
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/20/2009
Comcast SportsNet Chicago marks the 25th anniversary of the shooting death of Simeon High School basketball star Ben Wilson with "25: The Ben Wilson Story" debuting at 7 p.m. today on the cable sports channel. Luke Stuckmeyer plays host. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/20/2009
Comcast SportsNet Chicago marks the 25th anniversary of the shooting death of Simeon High School basketball star Ben Wilson with "25: The Ben Wilson Story" debuting at 7 p.m. today on the cable sports channel. Luke Stuckmeyer plays host. FULL STORY
Cook Co. budget on target for vote
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
The eye of the hurricane passed over the Cook County Board at its regular meeting Wednesday. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
The eye of the hurricane passed over the Cook County Board at its regular meeting Wednesday. FULL STORY
Cook Co. Board votes to cut sales tax; majority should be veto-proof
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to cut the sales tax a half cent on the dollar by a seemingly veto-proof 12-5 margin today. The final vote came at the end of a contentious two-hour meeting. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to cut the sales tax a half cent on the dollar by a seemingly veto-proof 12-5 margin today. The final vote came at the end of a contentious two-hour meeting. FULL STORY
Barrington scout pursues passion by playing himself in 'The Blind Side'
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
Barrington's Tom Lemming is one of the most renowned football scouts in the world, the man credited with creating what is now the vast industry devoted to ranking high-school football players and getting them into the top college programs. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
Barrington's Tom Lemming is one of the most renowned football scouts in the world, the man credited with creating what is now the vast industry devoted to ranking high-school football players and getting them into the top college programs. FULL STORY
Illinois House GOP boss to fight 'Illinois Gitmo'
By Joseph Ryan and Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/17/2009
Republicans launched an effort Monday to derail a plan to bring suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to a western Illinois prison, potentially one of the cornerstones of President Barack Obama's proposal to shut down the controversial facility in Cuba. FULL STORY
By Joseph Ryan and Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/17/2009
Republicans launched an effort Monday to derail a plan to bring suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to a western Illinois prison, potentially one of the cornerstones of President Barack Obama's proposal to shut down the controversial facility in Cuba. FULL STORY
Commissioners plan new attack on Cook sales tax
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/16/2009
Armed with a new, lower requirement to override a veto, Cook County Board members will try again this week to roll back the 1 percentage-point increase in the sales tax imposed last year. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/16/2009
Armed with a new, lower requirement to override a veto, Cook County Board members will try again this week to roll back the 1 percentage-point increase in the sales tax imposed last year. FULL STORY
Chicago school board chief commits suicide
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/16/2009
The body of Chicago Public Schools President Michael Scott was discovered on the banks of the Chicago River downtown before dawn Monday morning after he apparently died by his own hand. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/16/2009
The body of Chicago Public Schools President Michael Scott was discovered on the banks of the Chicago River downtown before dawn Monday morning after he apparently died by his own hand. FULL STORY
Cook Co. homeowners to see assessments fall
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/14/2009
Having just received their eye-popping Cook County property-tax bills, Wheeling Township homeowners can now look to the mail for what could lead to a little relief -- but not for the bill due on Dec. 1. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/14/2009
Having just received their eye-popping Cook County property-tax bills, Wheeling Township homeowners can now look to the mail for what could lead to a little relief -- but not for the bill due on Dec. 1. FULL STORY
CFL passes on Cook prez endorsement
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/13/2009
The Chicago Federation of Labor opted today to make no endorsement in the Cook County Board president's race and held off on endorsing commissioners, saying it can't support any who support the proposed county sales-tax rollback expected to come up for vote next week. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/13/2009
The Chicago Federation of Labor opted today to make no endorsement in the Cook County Board president's race and held off on endorsing commissioners, saying it can't support any who support the proposed county sales-tax rollback expected to come up for vote next week. FULL STORY
Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson look to recapture the magic for Channel 2
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/12/2009
Together again for the first time in the WBBM Channel 2 newsroom: Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson. News Director Jeff Kiernan announced today that Kurtis and Jacobson, the top-rated news duo in the city back in the glory days of the Channel 2 newsroom 30 years ago, will reunite to do Friday's 10 p.m. newscast. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/12/2009
Together again for the first time in the WBBM Channel 2 newsroom: Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson. News Director Jeff Kiernan announced today that Kurtis and Jacobson, the top-rated news duo in the city back in the glory days of the Channel 2 newsroom 30 years ago, will reunite to do Friday's 10 p.m. newscast. FULL STORY
Minds behind 'ATHF' at Lakeshore Theater
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/12/2009
Dave Willis and Dana Snyder, two of the minds -- and voices -- behind "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming, put on a live performance at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. today and Saturday, Nov. 13 and 14, at Chicago's Lakeshore Theater, 3175 N. Broadway. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/12/2009
Dave Willis and Dana Snyder, two of the minds -- and voices -- behind "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming, put on a live performance at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. today and Saturday, Nov. 13 and 14, at Chicago's Lakeshore Theater, 3175 N. Broadway. FULL STORY
Cook Co. commissioners out to snuff new film office
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
A suburban Cook County Board member is leading an effort to quash President Todd Stroger's attempt to open a Cook County Film Commission Office. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
A suburban Cook County Board member is leading an effort to quash President Todd Stroger's attempt to open a Cook County Film Commission Office. FULL STORY
Text firms agree to $63 million settlement
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
Cell phone subscribers who received and were billed for unwanted games, ring tones and other content might be eligible for $10 payments under a settlement of a class-action suit reached Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
Cell phone subscribers who received and were billed for unwanted games, ring tones and other content might be eligible for $10 payments under a settlement of a class-action suit reached Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court. FULL STORY
State Republican party attacks Islamic group
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
The Illinois Republican Party Tuesday called on an immigration-rights group to cut ties with an American-Islamic organization, but that group called it part of a divide-and-conquer strategy in the fight against comprehensive immigration reform. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
The Illinois Republican Party Tuesday called on an immigration-rights group to cut ties with an American-Islamic organization, but that group called it part of a divide-and-conquer strategy in the fight against comprehensive immigration reform. FULL STORY
Cook Co. Clerk Orr shines spotlight on TIF districts
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/10/2009
Revenues from tax-increment-financing districts rose 13 percent in the suburbs last year, while declining in Chicago with the expiration of the Central Loop district, Cook County Clerk David Orr said Tuesday. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/10/2009
Revenues from tax-increment-financing districts rose 13 percent in the suburbs last year, while declining in Chicago with the expiration of the Central Loop district, Cook County Clerk David Orr said Tuesday. FULL STORY
Stroger, challenger Dorothy Brown face off over petitions
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/10/2009
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and challenger Dorothy Brown, swapped accusations over their candidacy petitions today. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/10/2009
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and challenger Dorothy Brown, swapped accusations over their candidacy petitions today. FULL STORY
Danny Davis drops out of Cook Co. board president's race
By Ted Cox and Lee Filas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/9/2009
Opting for a relatively sure thing rather than a risky bid for local political power, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis announced Monday he would seek re-election rather than run for president of the Cook County Board. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox and Lee Filas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/9/2009
Opting for a relatively sure thing rather than a risky bid for local political power, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis announced Monday he would seek re-election rather than run for president of the Cook County Board. FULL STORY
Study shows suburban Cook businesses take hit over sales tax
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/6/2009
A new study shows that businesses in suburban Cook, especially along the county line, continue to suffer under the burden of the increased sales tax. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/6/2009
A new study shows that businesses in suburban Cook, especially along the county line, continue to suffer under the burden of the increased sales tax. FULL STORY
SNL's Kazurinsky to host Chicago Emmys
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/6/2009
Former "Saturday Night Live" trouper Tim Kazurinsky again plays host to the local Emmy Awards at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Park West, 322 W. Armitage, Chicago. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/6/2009
Former "Saturday Night Live" trouper Tim Kazurinsky again plays host to the local Emmy Awards at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Park West, 322 W. Armitage, Chicago. FULL STORY
Madigan embraces new era of government transparency
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wednesday championed the new Freedom of Information Act set to take effect Jan. 1 as "the most significant reform measure passed by the legislature and signed by the governor this year" in an address at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wednesday championed the new Freedom of Information Act set to take effect Jan. 1 as "the most significant reform measure passed by the legislature and signed by the governor this year" in an address at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. FULL STORY
Cook sales-tax foes await Quinn action
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
Republican Commissioners Tony Peraica and Timothy Schneider on Wednesday delayed plans to push for a rollback in the Cook County sales tax until Gov. Pat Quinn formally signs new legislation reducing the number of votes required to override President Todd Stroger's inevitable veto. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
Republican Commissioners Tony Peraica and Timothy Schneider on Wednesday delayed plans to push for a rollback in the Cook County sales tax until Gov. Pat Quinn formally signs new legislation reducing the number of votes required to override President Todd Stroger's inevitable veto. FULL STORY
Naperville man charged with bribery in airport deals
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
A Naperville man was charged in federal court Thursday with trying to set up restaurant franchises at O'Hare and Midway airports by bribing a Chicago official. FULL STORY
By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
A Naperville man was charged in federal court Thursday with trying to set up restaurant franchises at O'Hare and Midway airports by bribing a Chicago official. FULL STORY
