For What It's Worth

All the information you need is in the flyer below... especially if you know how to work the QR code thingy. Which I don't. At least,...

When there aren't that many candidates, it would stand to reason that there would be fewer challenges as well. Such is the case in thi...

I mentioned earlier today that Steven Q. McKenzie, Ava George Stewart, and Judge D'Anthony "Tony" Thedford are running unoppo...

I offer the foregoing headline with just the teensiest wiggle room. The ISBE website shows only one Cook County judicial vacancy occurring ...

Seven hopefuls filed for five countywide Cook County Judicial vacancies when the doors opened on October 27 at the Illinois State Board of E...

As promised, I've put up a 2026 Candidate List in the Sidebar on the web version of this site. Given that many FWIW readers access this...

Case in point: Natalie Howse has not filed... but clearly plans to. That's a link to her campaign website in the preceding sentence; a...

Let's get the straight news part of the story out of the way, right up front: There are now 33 candidates for the 22 subcircuit vacancie...

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Assistant State's Attorney Sara McGann to a 19th Subcircuit vacancy created by the conversion of t...

A campaign website has been established for 1st Subcircuit candidate Radiance Ward. That's a link to the website in the preceding sent...

There are currently vacancies in 10 of Cook County's 20 judicial subcircuits. The 13th Subcircuit has the most vacancies (four), while ...

Seven Cook County judicial hopefuls, including three judges serving pursuant to Supreme Court appointment, filed nominating petitions yester...

And it's a short one. (Hat tip for Frank Calabrese for being the first to provide it to me, because, this year, I could not attend the s...

I like to put these up sooner than the night before the event. Sometimes candidates don't give me enough lead time. That was not th...

We'll get to the outcome of last week's Cook County Democratic Party slating meeting as soon as possible... but some things we must ...

I note that none of the glowing tributes I've seen following the sudden passing of Appellate Court Justice Thomas E. Hoffman mention his...

The 38th Ward Dems, the Norwood Park Township Dems, Dems 45, 30th Ward Democrats, and 39th Ward Democrats will hold a Candidate Forum (the...

The Illinois Supreme Court today entered an Order appointing Ginger Leigh Odom to the 1st Subcircuit vacancy created when Judge Carl A. Wal...

The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Michael Cabonargi to the countywide vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Mary Ellen Coglan. ...

The following is a press release issued yesterday by the Office of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans: Chief Judge Evans is pleased ...

Cook County Associate Judge Daniel O. Tiernan has announced plans to seek the Gamrath vacancy in the 8th Subcircuit. His campaign recently ...

Michael Zink, who was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to a 20th Subcircuit vacancy late last year, has announced plans to seek elec...

In an Order entered earlier this week, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed long-time Assistant Public Defender Daniel Naranjo to the 13th ...

The poster on the Ukranian National Museum website (above) references a closing date of May 18, but, according to UNM board member Steve ...

Here is the announcement, issued earlier this week, from the Office of Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans: Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans today po...

In an Order entered yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed John P. Carroll Jr. to a 3rd Subcircuit vacancy. The appointment is ef...

Lester Finkle, a long-time Cook County Assistant Public Defender, who served as Chief of Staff in that office from 2015 to 2021, has been ap...

As slating season approaches, I hope this may be the first of several such announcements that I can share. Committeepersons or their design...

The only time I ever saw these gloves was in September 2009. I was in Springfield, one of many volunteer chaperones for a group of middl...