AOL

Cook County court clerk getting boost in reelection bid from her government employees

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez’s bid for reelection is being helped by political contributions from dozens of her government employees, many of whom donated within months of receiving ...
Chicago Tribune

Court ends oversight of hiring in Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough’s office, closing historic anti-patronage case

In a historic decision, a federal judge Thursday ended the half-century-old anti-patronage case launched to fight the stubborn and unfair use of politics to decide most hiring, firing, and promotion ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Process begins to find replacement for Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough after her death

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Funeral arrangements are being made for Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough after she died from an undisclosed illness at 73 years old on Sunday. Yarbrough was the first African ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez faces primary challenge from Mariyana Spryopoulos

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez faces a major challenge in the Illinois Democratic primary from Mariyana Spryopoulos. She may be the incumbent, but Martinez said she is ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Don’t weaken enforcement of anti-patronage Shakman decrees

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Chicago Sun-Times

Democratic Party politics loom large over the fight for Cook County Circuit Court clerk

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WGN-TV

Clerk of Cook County Circuit Court race heats up ahead of primary

CHICAGO — After Dorothy Brown’s controversial two-decade reign, Iris Martinez took over the Circuit Court Clerk’s office in 2020. She’s seeking another term, but the County Democrat Party is backing ...
WBEZ

Mariyana Spyropoulos beats Democratic incumbent in race for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk

Incumbent Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez lost her re-election bid to challenger Mariyana Spyropoulos in the Democratic primary race. Spyropoulos, a commissioner on the Metropolitan ...
AOL

Cook County employee sues Clerk Karen Yarbrough over soured land sale

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough has been dogged by accusations she inappropriately mixed her work as a public official with her personal and political business, even to the point that a federal ...
Chicago Tribune

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough seeks end to historic anti-patronage case despite charges that she ‘stonewalls’

For more than a decade as a Cook County officeholder, Democratic stalwart Karen Yarbrough has repeatedly fought allegations she and her office violated long-standing federal court decrees aimed at ...
Yahoo

Cook County Clerk Iris Martinez faces major primary challenge from Mariyana Spryopoulos

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez faces a major challenge in the Illinois Democratic primary from Mariyana Spryopoulos. Yahoo Sports ...