Ted Cox
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Cook taxpayers must reapply for senior exemptionFeb 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Chiding Illinois lawmakers for saddling senior citizens with an unnecessary nuisance and Cook County government with an added expense, Assessor Joseph Berrios is mailing...
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Blizzard taps suburban snow funds, but fails to bust budgetsFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - As bad as the blizzard was, with costs still being tallied up, suburban leaders say it's not a civic budget buster — not yet, anyway, and not if the groundhog's predicti...
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Government agencies spin wheels clearing roadsFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - State and local government agencies struggled Thursday to clear roadways in the wake of the midweek blizzard, with frigidly cold weather hindering efforts and minimizing...
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Behind the scenes, from Naperville to SteppenwolfFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Chris Freeburg auditioned for the seventh-grade musical when she attended Lincoln Junior High School in Naperville, “but I didn’t make it,” she said, “and ended up pulli...
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Cook County jail lockdown continuedFeb 02, 2011 10:00 pm - Cook County jail remains on lockdown this morning after electrical and staffing problems related to the blizzard. Sheriff Tom Dart declared a “civil emergency,” which al...
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Preckwinkle declares Cook in state of emergencyFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle declared the area in a state of emergency in the midst of the winter storm today. The declaration said essential services fo...
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Preckwinkle, Dart reach budget compromiseFeb 01, 2011 12:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Sheriff Tom Dart announced a compromise Tuesday in making cuts to his office to balance the proposed 2011 budget. Dart a...
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Preckwinkle cuts Cook budget by a half-billion dollarsFeb 01, 2011 12:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle proposed a balanced 2011 budget Tuesday with more than a half-billion dollars in cuts from the previous year. Faced with an ...
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'Sex' can't shake workshop feelJan 31, 2011 10:00 pm - Pity Steppenwolf Theatre's new “Sex With Strangers.” Continuing the troupe's theme this season of examining the “public-private self,” it has to follow hard upon scorch...
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Cook tax delay no April Fools' prankJan 30, 2011 10:00 pm - Cook County first-installment property-tax bills are now being mailed out with a due date a month late on April 1 — and that's no April Fools' joke. Treasurer Maria Papp...