For What It's Worth

The Chicago Bar Association's 102nd annual Bar Show, this year entitled " Moo Court ," will be staged at the Fine Arts Build...

A total of six petition challenges were filed against six different subcircuit candidates, Ashley Greer Shambley in the 1st Subcircuit, Rach...

Updated December 17, 2025 to reflect Corrected Orders entered today regarding the starting date for two of the recalled judges In a series...

An objection to the candidacy of 3rd Subcircuit candidate Rachel Marrello has been overruled by the Cook County Officers Electoral Board. T...

The late-opening Ross vacancy in the 5th Subcircuit drew three candidates, but one of them, former Cook County Circuit Court Judge William B...

Charles S. Beach II, the new Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, made this announcement last Friday: Chief Judge Charles S. B...

The Judicial Evaluation Committee of the Chicago Bar Association is seeking volunteers. The following is a message from CBA JEC Chair Jef...

Three candidates, one a former judge, have filed for the Ross vacancy in the 5th Subcircuit, the only Cook County vacancy to come within the...

Schroeder would probably not understand why the Chicago Bar Association Orchestra & Chorus thinks it necessary to include works by anyon...

Supporters of Jon Stromsta's 20th Subcircuit judicial campaign are planning a fundraiser for Wednesday, December 10, from 6:00 to 8:00...

A campaign website has been launched in support of Dave Condron's 19th Subcircuit candidacy. That's a link to the website in the p...

Lynn Terese Palac has withdrawn her candidacy for the Chrones vacancy in the 18th Subcircuit. That leaves Juan Ponce de Leon as the only re...

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 ...