Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele is facing scrutiny over a nexus of ethics violations involving her lucrative, undisclosed network of Indiana government consulting contracts. An investigative report by the Cook County Office of the Independent Inspector General (OIIG) exposed the ethical lapses of Samantha Steele, there identified as "BOR Official A." Subsequent reporting from the Chicago Tribune explicitly identified Commissioner Samantha Steele as th

Samantha Steele's next court date in her DUI arrest is Monday, January 12, 2026 Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele is scheduled for a pretrial motion hearing in her criminal DUI case on Monday, January 12 , 2026, at 9:00 a . m. in Courtroom 410 at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago. According to the court docket, the case is set for a Motion to Suppress filed by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Filings indicate that the State may ask the ju

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Steele’s LinkedIn profile and official Cook County Board of Review biography list a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Kent Institute of Art & Design, a UK-based institution that closed in 2005. However, FOIA-released emails, show that Steele reported only a high school diploma to the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) when verifying her credentials.

In a recent episode of "The Medrano Exchange" podcast, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele sparked outraged her use of the term "colored people." The interview, conducted by Gus Medrano, a Senior Mortgage Consultant at Meta Mortgage and podcast host, has ignited a firestorm of criticism.

Samantha Steele's next court date in her DUI arrest is Monday, October 6th Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele is...

Samantha Steele's next court date in her DUI arrest is Thursday, July 24th Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele is...

Cook County Democrats declined to endorse Board of Review incumbent Commissioner Samantha Steele for re-election, instead backing Liz Nicholson. Cook County Inspector General found she omitted public-sector clients on her Leonor Group’s economic-interest statements, breaching fiduciary duties. The ethics board fined her for leaking confidential info during a Bears property-tax hearing, and she is contesting a DUI from last year. She raised just $26,375 last quarter.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele, already under fire for a 2024 DUI arrest, is now facing a fresh wave of controversy after the Cook County Board of Ethics fined her and her top aides thousands of dollars for multiple violations, including leaking confidential information and misuse of taxpayer-funded time and resources.

Cook County Commissioner Samantha Steele hired Jon Snyder, a federally convicted former official who aided in a corruption probe. Despite knowing his record, Steele kept him on staff until media inquiries prompted his firing. Internal records show ethics violations, which Steele initially ignored.

State Sen. Dan Dernulc introduced a bill requiring Indiana residency for county tax board members after controversy arose over Samantha Steele, a Lake County official living in Illinois, arrested for DUI in Chicago and accused of abusing her position during the arrest.

Cook County paid $180,000 to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit against Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele. Ex-staffer Frank Calabrese alleged he was fired for refusing to release confidential info about the Bears’ tax appeal and for cooperating with the Inspector General. He later released Steele’s DUI arrest video, where she allegedly told police, “Is your penis that small?” The IG faulted Steele for ethics violations and improper disclosures.

Samantha Steele's initial court date in her DUI arrest is Friday, December 27th

A shocking 911 call and detailed eyewitness accounts, reported by Tom Schuba and Dan Mihalopoulos of WBEZ, have confirmed that Samantha Steele, a Democratic official on Cook County’s influential Board of Review, attempted to flee the scene after crashing her car while allegedly intoxicated in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. The troubling incident, which took place in November, has sparked significant public criticism and raised serious concerns about her fitness to serv

The Chicago Sun-Times has called for Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele to resign, emphasizing, “A major part of holding public office is the ability to maintain a sense of professionalism—whether the official is on or off duty.”