Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown sat down and had a nice chat with Arthur Hardy, Jr. Hardy is the homeless man who allegedly gathered signatures for the mayoral campaigns of James Meeks and renter of Rahm Emanuel's home Rob Halpin. more ›

Today is the first day for mayoral and aldermanic candidates to file their petitions to be included on the February ballot. With a deadline of next Monday, we could see prospective candidates rushing to have their names included on the ballot. more ›

Today is the deadline for independent candidates to file their petitions with the State Board of Elections to get on November's ballot and two notable names plan to file. Cook County commissioner Forrest Claypool said in a statement he plans to file 90,000 signatures today, well above the 25,000 required to get him on the ballot for county assessor. Talking to WBEZ, Claypool admitted he expects an immediate challenge from Dem candidate Joe Berrios. Said Claypool, "The only way we will not be on the ballot, I believe, is if there's something wrong with the system." more ›

What was supposed to be a forum for the four remaining Democratic candidates for Cook County Board President turned into a Player Hater's Ball as the incumbent, President Todd Stroger, was a no-show, opening the flood gates for the remaining three candidates - Terry O'Brien, president of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th), and Cook County Clerk of Courts Dorothy Brown - to unleash some verbal attacks on Stroger. The S-T provides a sampling of what each candidate said about Stroger. As for Stroger's absence? His campaign manager, Vincent Williams, originally told the Sun-Times, "I haven't spoken to the president today, so I don't have an answer." However, this morning, Williams issued the following statement (via email) on behalf of the Stroger campaign: more ›