The board voted 11-6 to defeat the tentative contract with District Council 48 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents more than 3,000 of the county’s 5,600 employees. Some union backers on the board …
Dallas County Judge Jim Foster said Tuesday that he ordered county staff to enter Constable Jaime Cortes’ Oak Cliff offices before dawn and copy his computer’s hard drive. Foster said he gave the order as part of a continuing civil investigation of …
Two Chicago area Congressmen have asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General to investigate reports that Cook County officials mismanaged taxpayer funds in launching a police emergency surveillance system. Project Shield is a …