Toni Preckwinkle

County to reopen part of juvenile jail that was shut last year

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle is temporarily reversing her signature initiative to shrink the Juvenile Detention Center because a federally appointed administrator says there are too many youths being detained there to safely reduce its size....

Preckwinkle dealt setback in effort to shrink juvenile detention center

2013-05-15 15:24:00

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle is temporarily reversing her signature initiative to shrink the Juvenile Detention Center because a federally-appointed administrator says there are too many kids being detained there to safely reduce its size....

Chicago building commission approves construction plan for school downsizing

2013-05-14 20:38:00

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has yet to win approval for his push to close more than 50 public schools, but on Tuesday he got the go-ahead to spend more than $160 million for construction projects on schools this summer to accommodate the downsizing. The 11-...

By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015

2013-05-09 21:32:02

County unveils millions in suburban roadway projects

2013-05-03 05:19:00

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced in Schaumburg on Thursday 21 upcoming roadway improvement projects resulting in $35 million of construction throughout the suburbs. Among them will be a $3 million project patching 3.1 miles of...

Preckwinkle announces $35 million roadwork in suburbs

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Thursday in Schaumburg 21 roadway improvement projects resulting in $35 million of construction throughout the suburbs. Among them will be a $3 million project patching 3.1 miles of Schaumburg...

Robin Kelly wins 2nd Congressional District seat

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Following Tuesday's special election victory, Democrat Robin Kelly will start a new job in Congress as the least senior member of a House dominated by Republicans. That political reality is not lost on Kelly, who said her first task is to restore...

Common sense locked out in Cook County Jail dispute

2013-04-25 21:33:58

Dart v. Evans v. Preckwinkle

2013-04-17 16:32:09

Chicago center brings meditative mindset to combating youth violence

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Most of the CeaseFire interrupters sat up in their chairs and closed their eyes, following the quiet direction of the small man in yellow and orange robes at the head of the conference table. "Allow your mind to feel the way you feel," Sakyong Mipham...

Judge did right thing by banning cellphones in courtrooms

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans kept hearing complaints from his judges about street gangs in their courtrooms using cellphones to photograph witnesses. "They're bold and they're brash," Evans told me the other day. "They think they can do it in...

Bill to raise Illinois interstate speed limit revs up debate

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Illinois has its posted highway speed limit and its populist highway speed limit — a fluid relationship based mostly on driver whim and the presence of the gentlemen and ladies in state police squad cars. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove,...

John Yonan, the county’s superintendent of transportation and highways, shows a map of the Schaumburg road improvement project to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

2013-05-03 05:21:37

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, lower right, watch the Chicago Cubs play the Milwaukee Brewers in the first inning of the home opener at Wrigley Field.

2013-04-08 00:00:00

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle answers reporters' questions during a press conference at TTX Company, 101 N. Wacker Dr., to announce the findings of a report on promoting regional economic development.

2013-04-04 00:00:00