Chicago Sun Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman recounts that Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley blusters more often than not in response to criticism.

He's not sweating a colleague's push for a Twitter-related ethics investigation.

A Leather-master running for state representative is a historic first.

Transparency in Action: How a bill intended to expand the state Freedom of Information Act was bastardized to expand the mayor's shadow budget, By Ben Joravsky

Gov. Quinn repeatedly nods off while a woman explains how her daughter died after she didn't have health insurance. Via Capitol Fax.

County commissioners: The gift that keeps on giving. This time around, an angry Deborah Sims chastises Tony Peraica's use of Twitter.

With all of the strong political personalities, Cook County board meetings are notoriously heated. But today took the cake.