Article: Dem `Queen Bee' war is on // Pucinski and Byrne vie over patronage empire

Article: Will '88 be `critical election' in Cook County? GOP ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 25, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... was a clear signal that Cook County Republicans were going ... defeated then-Mayor Jane Byrne and State's Attorney ... Aurelia Pucinski over Jane Byrne. In different times ... political situation, Ms. Byrne would have been the committee ... political infuence in Cook County may be at ...

Article: Face It: Cook County Property Taxes Are Low
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 11, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... page news for Chicago and the rest of Cook County, I must admit I have little sympathy ... collar county residents already know: Cook County property taxes are incredibly low ... property taxes than an identical house in Cook County. Trying to make the proposed property ...

Article: Hiring freeze? Cook County seems to be adding jobs
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... dissenters, the bulk of Cook County's ward bosses might ... The Democratic Party of Cook County couldn't hear the drumbeat ... shocked them by beating Jane Byrne and Richard Daley in the ... reports, in early 2005, Cook County government had 25,060 ...

Article: Cook County law bills a secret Judges seal files on ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... last two years to defend the Cook County sheriff's office, but judges ... seeing the bills, and even the Cook County Board had to pay the final ... Michael Bilandic and Jane Byrne. He became a Cook County judge, and then an Illinois ...

Article: Our choices in Cook County judicial races
Courier News (Elgin, IL);  March 17, 2006 ;     678 words ... ... excellent addition" to the appeals panel. Cook County Circuit Court races: To fill the Edward ... Stephen A. Schiller vacancy: Thomas Byrne, an assistant state's attorney, and ... 50 Sun-Times News Group newspapers in Cook County.

Article: Can GOP do unthinkable? Unhappy Democrats could tip Cook ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... him unattractive to many Cook County voters. But if Peraica ... those unfamiliar with Cook County politics, a brief recap: Todd's father, Cook County Board President John H ... motivated by anger), Jane Byrne won the mayoral race ...

Article: EDITORIAL: For Cook County courts.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  March 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... primary elections for the Cook County Circuit Court. In making ... As legal counsel to the Cook County state's attorney's ... prosecutor Thomas J. Byrne has handled more than ... now a supervisor in the Cook County public defender's criminal ...