Cook County

  • Tracking TIF's tall tales

    25 July 2013

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the actual amount of the city's TIF surplus, and more.

  • Court clerk: "As bad a bureaucracy gets"

    10 June 2013

    A report by the Better Government Association says Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown tried—and failed—to hike revenues for a government office that's "as bad as a bureaucracy gets."

  • Inspector general fix introduced

    14 May 2013

    Members of the Chicago City Council recently introduced laws that aim to strengthen the city's Office of Inspector General. How did this set of legislation come about, and what are its prospects?

  • Taxation by obfuscation

    13 December 2012

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on what, exactly, CivicLab will reveal about tax-increment financing districts, and more.

  • New County Recorder tried illegal hiring influence

    3 December 2012

    The new Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough tried to illegally influence hiring before taking office, according to a federal monitor.

  • The Grow House Next Door

    9 August 2012

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the two forms of justice and more.

  • Do the Math

    24 November 2010

    coinsInterview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky about how Cook County's property tax system pacifies the public, and more.

  • Post-Stroger Politics

    21 October 2010

    strogerInterview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how Chicagoans use county government, and more.

  • No White Knight, No Silver Bullet

    14 October 2010

    knightInterview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how to remedy the over-reliance on property taxes, and more.

  • He Doesn't Have to Outrun the Bear

    29 April 2010

    Forrest ClaypoolInterview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether candidates who don't run in a primary should have a harder time running in the general election, and more.

  • Cook County Needs Cojones

    21 January 2010

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the scripting of Joint Board of Review meetings, and more.

  • Who'll Keep Your Rent Down Now?

    14 January 2010

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how County Assessor Houlihan orchestrated the homeowners' exemption to property taxes, and more.

  • Independent of What?

    7 January 2010

    Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how the Independent Voters of Illinois organization gets its message out, and more.

  • The Insider

    26 November 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on Michael Scott as divine intervention, and more.

  • Transparency in Action

    19 November 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why Oak Park Senator Harmon might carry water for Mayor Daley, and more.

  • Clout on the Calumet River

    29 October 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on a profile of the Southeast Side, and more.

  • Who'll Decide How Much You Pay?

    15 October 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether Cook County property-taxpayers need the Board of Review, and more.

  • The Straw Man

    5 March 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on if Todd Stroger led the push for the Olympics, and more.

  • 2008 primary election special

    31 January 2008

    Interviews with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the 2008 primary elections.

  • Freshman follies

    13 December 2007

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why persons challenging Cook County incumbents often don't make it to the ballot, and more.

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