Cook County
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Five Northwest suburbs team up to fund upgrade of Children's Advocacy CenterMar 29, 2018 1:00 am - Five Northwest suburbs and Cook County are taking the rare step of pooling some of their federal funding to pay for a $215,600 renovation of the Children's Advocacy Cent...
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Pilot charged with flying $1.9 million of marijuana into Illinois wants case movedMar 29, 2018 1:00 am - A California man accused of flying $1.9 million worth of marijuana into Illinois in his own plane in February told police he lost his dispensary license in California an...
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It's official: If you prepaid your property taxes, you can deduct them from your taxesMar 28, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois homeowners who prepaid this year's property taxes at the end of 2017 can deduct that payment from their itemized income tax returns. That's according to a lette...
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Will security-conscious schools elect to opt out as polling places?Mar 27, 2018 5:30 am - Schools have long been popular choices for polling places in their communities for a variety of reasons, including their size, visible locations, adequate parking and ac...
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Cook County sues Facebook as FTC investigates company's privacy practicesMar 27, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Cook County is the latest group to sue Facebook and Cambridge Analytica over alleged breach of privacy protections, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. The Fed...
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Polish works, Lira Quartet Singers at Northwest Symphony concertMar 26, 2018 11:00 pm - Northwest Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of guest conductor Ray Ostwald, will present a concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the theater at Forest View...
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Congress passes anti-sex trafficking bill supported by Cook County sheriffMar 25, 2018 1:00 am - Congress has passed anti-online sex trafficking legislation long supported by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, prompting Craigslist to remove its personals ads and leading ...
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5 stories from Chicago of interest in the suburbsMar 23, 2018 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who handily won part renomination despite the unsweetened beverage tax controversy, has decided to seek the chairmanship of...
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Analysis: Berrios loss the latest example of money takedown of Democratic machineMar 22, 2018 11:00 am - If video killed the radio star, big money is sealing the fate of the old Democratic machine. It was a political newcomer - a nobody, as the old pols used to say - who t...
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Cook County District 15 primary, Raju vs. Morrison, narrows to 24-vote marginMar 21, 2018 1:00 am - The Democratic primary race between Ravi Raju and Kevin B. Morrison for the Cook County Board's District 15 seat remains undecided a day after the polls closed. Raju's ...