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Friday, August 15, 2014

Cook County Corruption


Cook County Corruption

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County Doctor Gets Big Payout For No Work

NBC Chicago | Posted 01.11.2012 | Chicago

A former Stroger Hospital doctor was given checks amounting to six figures with no work to show for it, an NBC Chicago / Better Government Association...

County Assessor Gives Daughter $10,000 Raise Despite Budget Crisis

Posted 07.23.2011 | Chicago

Even as the county ethics board investigates Joe Berrios' hiring of family members, the Cook County Assessor gave his daughter a $10,000 pay raise, th...

Report: Sex, Booze, Sleeping On The Job At Cook County Water Parks

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.26.2011 | Chicago

A mini-water park run by the Cook County Forest Preserve allegedly became a personal playground for staffers who boozed it up, had sex or just napped ...

Ex-Todd Stroger Aide Gets Jobless Pay Despite Corruption Charge

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

A former top Cook County official awaiting trial on public corruption charges has been collecting unemployment benefits despite her arrest, county off...

Chicago Democrat Fires 53 Employees, Hires Friends And Family

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Even before he won the Cook County Assessor seat, Democrat Joe Berrios was taking Cook County nepotism to a whole new level. While most government wor...

Report: Joe Berrios A 'Vivid Example' Of 'Clout-Infested Politics'

Chicago Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Berrios stands as a prime example of the kind of closed, self-interested politics that plagues this state. The Board of Review, where he has spent the...

Todd Stroger's Shady Hiring Practices Highlighted In New Report

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Todd Stroger's staff bent or broke county hiring rules to put supporters on payroll and fire naysayers, according to a scathing report released Tuesda...

Four Cook County Officials Busted In Corruption Sting

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

A group of suburban public servants were arrested Tuesday in a corruption probe looking allegations they profited from their positions. ...

Mayor's Brother Calls Stroger Aide Contract Scandal A 'Disgrace'

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Sounding a bit like his brother, the usually measured Cook County Commissioner John Daley called the unfolding contract scandal in County Board Presid...

Calvin Boender Found Guilty: Developer Convicted Of Bribing Alderman

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

A federal jury has convicted a Chicago developer of bribing an alderman in exchange for his support on a West Side project. Calvin Boender was foun...

Cook County Corruption Report: 150 Top Officials Convicted In 140 Years

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

It's no mystery that Cook County has had its share of political corruption, but a study released Thursday puts it into perspective: 150 top Cook Count...

Court Clerk Charged With Taking Bribe To Sway Case

STNG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

As part of an ongoing investigation into financial corruption, a Cook County Circuit Court clerk was arrested Wednesday for allegedly accepting a brib...

Corruption Charges: Cook County Suburban Schools Supt. Arrested

southtownstar.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Regional Supt. Charles Flowers was charged today with theft by the Cook County state's attorney's office. At a news conference this afternoon, Coo...

Frivolous Lawsuits Costing Cook County Millions: Study

Daily Herald | Ted Cox | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

An Illinois legal-reform group released a study Wednesdaysuggesting Cook County is squandering millions of dollars annually with a lax approach to fi...

Over $11M In Cook County Contracts Went To Political Donors

Daily Herald | Rob Olmstead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

A joint investigation by the Daily Herald and the Better Government Association has found that the companies that received the 11 contracts worth $11....

Sheriff Sets Up Suburban Government Corruption Unit

WBBM Newsradio | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

[Cook County Sheriff Thomas] Dart has formed a new Financial Crimes/Public Corruption Unit, the first of its kind in the sheriff's office, to investig...

Replacing Quigley on Cook County Board a Lesson in Democracy, Sort of

James Warren | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
James Warren
When a committee gathered Saturday to fill the Cook County Board vacancy created by spirited reformer Mike Quigley's ascension to the U.S. Congress, it was no surprise that talk of a fix was rampant.

Crooked Politicians Costing Illinois $300M In 'Corruption Tax': Professor

AP | ANDREA ZELINSKI | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

As taxpayers look down the barrel of a major income tax increase, another tax already is draining their wallets. But this one isn't found anywhere in ...
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