Cook County
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Time for Palatine to revisit raising the minimum wageSep 13, 2018 5:00 am - On May 8, 2017, Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz and the Village Council unanimously opted out of the Cook County ordinances increasing the minimum wage and instituting paid ...
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How billet families provide a home to Chicago Cougars junior hockey playersSep 11, 2018 11:00 pm - Several years ago, Bartlett resident Samantha Parkhurst remembers hearing about a junior hockey team coming to the area. That team turned out to be the Chicago Cougars, ...
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A Cougars player praises the billet programSep 11, 2018 11:00 pm - By Mike Miazga Daily Herald correspondent St. Louis native Adam Ryffel said the two years he played with the Chicago Cougars junior hockey team were made a lot easier by...
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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen Graduate from Stroger Hospital Trauma Training ProgramSep 10, 2018 11:00 pm - Cook County Health and Hospitals System honored the third class of corpsmen to graduate from Hospital Corpsman Trauma Training, a partnership between Navy Medicine, the ...
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Suburban leaders share how media can help bridge racial divideSep 07, 2018 5:30 am - News media can play a meaningful role in closing a widening racial divide in suburban life, participants at a Thursday forum said, and here's how: • By publishing more p...
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Advocates renew push for higher minimum wage in Arlington HeightsSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - Advocates for a higher minimum wage have renewed their push to get the Arlington Heights village board to "opt in" on Cook County's higher $11-an-hour rate, though the v...
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Black and White Divide workshop planned in Arlington HeightsAug 31, 2018 5:40 am - The Black and White Divide, a group that promotes conversations among suburban residents about race, and the Daily Herald will hold a workshop titled "The Role of the Me...
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Cook County, Shakman plaintiffs join to seek end to hiring decreeAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - Is the long-standing headache involving Cook County hiring prohibition about to end? Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has filed a motion in federal court see...
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Cook County sheriff's deputy injured in Hoffman Estates crashAug 30, 2018 1:00 am - A Cook County Sheriff's deputy was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries early Thursday morning after her squad car collided with another while she responded to...
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Study: Suburbs pay more than what they get back from stateAug 29, 2018 5:15 am - For every dollar DuPage County taxpayers send to Springfield, the state returns 31 cents. That's the lowest rate of return among all 102 counties in Illinois, according ...