Stroger gives on hospitals: Cook board president supports a shift to independant oversight
Published in Crain's Chicago Business, 1/21/2008
By Mike Colias
Stroger Hospital and other facilities would be run by a new seven-member authority under a proposal President Todd Stroger is considering.
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is ready to give up control of Cook County hospitals, a wellspring of the political power his family amassed over the past two decades.