Cook County
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Conference at Harper shows a picture of increasing poverty in the suburbsNov 09, 2018 12:00 am - Experts say nearly one-fourth of children living in the Northwest suburbs belong to low-income households, and they lack resources to address their needs. That, says a...
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Preckwinkle now says she heard 'rumor' about former top aide months earlierNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - Kicking off her run for Chicago mayor on Sept. 20, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle fielded troubling questions about the forced resignation of her chief of ...
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Suburban Democrats make inroads in county governmentNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Suburban voters' blue mood led to Democratic inroads in county government, where they narrowed the Cook County Board's Republican representation to two seats out of 17, ...
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Suburbs help push Pritzker to victoryNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - Suburban voters - a crucial block for first-time Gov. Bruce Rauner four years ago - helped catapult political rookie and Democrat J.B. Pritzker into office Tuesday. Aft...
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How the suburbs went from reliably Republican to DemocratNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - The once-reliably Republican collar county voters helped Democrats sweep statewide offices and flip two U.S. House seats Tuesday. Political newcomers Sean Casten of Down...
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Schneider upset by newcomer Morrison in bid for fourth term on Cook County boardNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - In a significant upset, three-term incumbent and Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider appears to have lost his 15th District seat on the Cook County Board to...
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Democrat Britton defeats GOP incumbent Goslin in Cook board raceNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - Democrat challenger Scott Britton bested longtime Republican incumbent Gregg Goslin in the Cook County Board District 14 race. Britton received nearly 54 percent of the ...
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Democrat Kaegi easily wins Cook assessor's seatNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - In the spring primary election, newcomer Fritz Kaegi won the Democratic primary, beating incumbent Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios and the heavyweight Democrats who ...
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Cook County District 17 race too close to callNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - In a Cook County Board race too close to call, fewer than 2,000 votes separate Republican incumbent Sean Morrison from his opponent, Democrat Abdelnasser Rashid, a 29-ye...
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Cook County Commissioner Silvestri wins 7th termNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - Longtime Cook County commissioner Peter Silvestri, an Elmwood Park Republican, won his bid for a seventh term in contest that pitted him against his 2014 Democrat challe...