Last week the Illinois General Assembly adjourned for the summer. The House and the Senate sent numerous bills to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to either sign or veto. One such bill is Senate Bill 580, which would restructure the existing…
This article is about a vote by Cook County commissioners to make the Cook County Health and Hospitals System independent board permanent. The article mentions the Civic Federation’s support for the move, which has streamlined staff levels…
In a victory for good government, the Cook County Board of Commissioners on June 1, 2010 voted 13-3 to make permanent the independent Board of Directors overseeing the…
On May 11, Governor Quinn vetoed Senate Bill 0365, a bill that would have limited but not…
The ordinance that established the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (Health System) in 2008 specifically granted its independent Board of Directors…
In Cook County, township government often gets overlooked amidst the various local governments including municipalities, school districts, park districts, community college districts and others. In order to shed light on this largely…
Cook County has recently taken efforts to improve its transparency and accountability to the public through its Open County…
The Civic Federation and the Friends of the Forest Preserves believe that the current governance structure of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County…
This February Cook County launched a new online check register that gives the public access to how the County spends its…
