
Chicago Public Schools say they acted in the interest of protecting candidates privacy when they changed a policy of allowing access to nominating papers of persons seeking office in Local School Councils.
Tom O'Donnell is under investigation by the Cook County Office of Professional Review for using county time and resources to assist a challenge against opponent Tom Jacks
An article in the March 26th Lake Effect News alleging that Monica Schulter, an aldermanic aide and the daughter of 47th Ward Alderman Eugene Schulter (D-North Center), earned more than $100,000 could not be confirmed by interviews and a Freedom of Information Act request conducted by the Welles Park Bulldog. The article, written by...
On March 26, 2010, Lake Effect News published an article titled “Another City Council Stealth Budget.” In that article writer Hugh Devlin reports he used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain documents pertaining to the $100,000 annual budget of the Vice Mayor of the City, currently 50th Ward Alderman Bernard Stone. Ald. Stone,...