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by Angela Caputo
4:29pm
Thu Jan 21

Poverty Spreads In The Suburbs

Poverty
When hundreds camped out in the south suburban town of Park Forest last summer in the hopes that they would be added to an affordable housing waiting list, it illuminated how the economic downturn had reached beyond urban and rural areas to the suburbs.  A new study...
PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:21am
Thu Jan 14

Cook County Board Prez: Preckwinkle Builds Momentum (UPDATED)

Toni Preckwinkle

Here are some morning odds and ends in the Cook County Board president's race:

Toni Preckwinkle is building some momentum. After securing the endorsements of both the Sun-Times and the Tribune this week, the Austin Weekly News posted a short endorsement
of its own last ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:00am
Wed Jan 13

Cook County Board Prez: Sun-Times Endorses Preckwinkle, Stroger Outlines Cuts

Election 2010

After picking up an endorsement from the Tribune last night, Toni Preckwinkle nabbed the support of Chicago's other daily paper this morning. From the Sun-Times' glowing editorial backing the 4th Ward alderman:

Chicago's brainy, no-nonsense alderman, known for
...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
5:03pm
Tue Jan 12

Cook County Board Prez: Trib Endorses Preckwinkle, O'Brien's Cuts, Rush Endorses Stroger

Terrence O'Brien

Of all the Democratic primaries kicking into high gear this month,
the battle for the Cook County Board presidency is perhaps the most
active at the moment. Here's the latest news:

Hot off the presses, theTribune has formally endorsed Toni Preckwinkle in the Democratic ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
5:18pm
Mon Jan 11

Cook County Board Prez: Preckwinkle Picks Up Schakowsky's Endorsement

Jan Schakowsky

This afternoon, a who's who of Chicago progressives stood shoulder to
shoulder with Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th Ward) to lend their support
for her bid to unseat Todd Stroger as Cook County Board President.
Among those present at the downtown Hotel Allegro was Illinois' ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:02pm
Mon Jan 11
2 comments

Cook County Board Prez: O'Brien Pressed By Fox Chicago, Schakowsky To Back Preckwinkle

Cook Co.

Here are the latest developments in the Democratic primary for Cook County board president:

Yesterday, WFLD's Fox Chicago Sunday conducted a brief chat with Metropolian Water Reclamation District (MWRD) chairman Terrence O'Brien. A big chunk of their discussion focused ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:20pm
Fri Jan 8
2 comments

Jesse Jackson Jr. Wades Into Governor, Cook County Board Prez Races

Toni Preckwinkle

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resurfaced on the political scene this week.  First, he appeared at a press conference announcing a lawsuit against the Chicago Transit Authority, after which the Reader's Mick Dumke attempted to catch up with him. 

Then this morning, he ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:53am
Thu Jan 7
1 comment

Cook County Board Prez: Stroger's Latest Flub, O'Brien, Preckwinkle Pick Up Endorsements

Terrence O'Brien

Incumbent Todd Stroger was treated like a pinata at a Cook County board president debate in Palatine last night. Democratic, Republican, and Green Party challengers all castigated the Chicago Democrat for his leadership skills and his unpopular sales tax hike. "We need to ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
3:12pm
Tue Jan 5

Cook County Board Prez: O'Brien Touts Murky Record, Preckwinkle Begins Shooting First Ad

Election 2010

Yesterday, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) president Terrence O’Brien became the first candidate
for Cook County board president to release a television ad. In the new
spot, he heralds his work with MWRD, asserting that it's his job to
"clean up our water ...