Cook County Board President and mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle bristled when asked Wednesday if she had been the source who leaked a confidential Cook County inspector general report that found Democrat JB Pritzker had engaged in a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers when his Gold Coast mansion was reassessed sans toilets in 2015. Meanwhile, the Illinois Board of Higher Education on Wednesday reported Illinois lost another 2,301 college students this year, but claimed higher education enrollment in Illinois is stabilizing.
