A threatened seizure of the James R. Thompson Center has been linked to a convicted property fraudster.

A recent survey showed a problem with the Web site for the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court.

A state bill changes how the Cook County Board of Commissioners fills a vacancy in the president's office—if, say, Toni Preckwinkle had become Chicago's next mayor

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on WCPT-AM's Ben Joravsky Show, Dave reports on his live-tweeting from a meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

Interview with the Chicago Justice Project's Tracy Siska about "Convicted in Cook," an analysis of Cook County conviction data.

Cook County board president Tony Preckwinkle is poised to seize a job that's done by the man who wears the sheriff's star: responsibility for putting jail detainees on electronic monitoring.

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."

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

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

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

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