Congressman Mark Kirk discusses Project Shield, a video surveillance program, with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secretary. According to media reports, $43 million in DHS funds were misspent.

Cook County government has seen 150 elected leaders, high-ranking officials and people doing business with the county sent to prison since the 1950s, according to a new study that did the math.

Cook County has put it’s check register online, a move that will not only allow the public to track local tax dollars, but could create a wave of similar transparency measures across the state.

After years of our calls for an investigation of the troubled “Project Sheild”, the media is finally focusing on the millions that have been misused in this troubled program. It’s about time — let’s investigate and protect the taxpayers.

The Cook County Board has approved an ordinance that reinforces the ban on video gambling in unincorporated Cook County.

So, let’s get this straight: not only is this administration under investigation for its alleged mishandling of county finances, now it wants to spend your tax dollars to defend itself — without submitting this expenditure to county board approval?

The Stroger Administration is being disingenuous by using health care scare tactics to justify their defense of the county’s onerous sales tax.

Visit CookEmployees.com — Commissioner Peraica’s updated, online listing of all Cook County employees and vendors.

Following is an excerpt of Commissioner Peraica’s appearance on Fox Chicago News to discuss the county board’s vote to rollback the county sales tax by 50 cents:

In yet another classic video, Commissioner Bill Beavers provides a shocking (almost) response to Commissioner Tony Peraica’s discussion of the cost of illegal patronage in Cook County.