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Cook County to help fund local road projectsJan 15, 2019 4:37 PM - For the third year in a row, Cook County will make available $8.5 million in grants to help cover the cost of transportation improvements sponsored by local governments and private partners.
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Gallagher plans to expand on Rolling Meadows campus, creating 700 jobs
Dec 3, 2018 5:30 AM - Rolling Meadows-based insurance giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is planning to expand on its Golf Road campus with a new four-story building that would house 700 new employees, if it can get state and local tax incentives. -
Morrison, Britton sworn in to Cook County Board
Dec 3, 2018 5:59 PM - There was a changing of the guard in the Cook County Board chambers Monday, as Elk Grove Village's Kevin Morrison was sworn in as county commissioner for the Northwest suburbs' 14th District, turning a longtime GOP-controlled seat Democratic blue. -
Why Democrats fought to increase majority on Cook County Board
Nov 14, 2018 5:30 AM - While Democrats not surprisingly campaigned hard and spent heavily to win back the Illinois governor's office and a majority in the U.S. House, why were they similarly motivated to bounce the few Republicans on the Cook County Board when they already held a dominant majority? -
Preckwinkle now says she heard 'rumor' about former top aide months earlier
Nov 8, 2018 11:55 PM - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has changed her account on when she heard of her ex-chief of staff's behavior.
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Cook County Commissioner Silvestri wins 7th term
Nov 6, 2018 11:28 PM - Longtime Cook County commissioner Peter Silvestri wins a 7th term in the race for Cook County commissioner. -
Democrat Britton defeats GOP incumbent Goslin in Cook board race
Nov 6, 2018 11:31 PM - In the Cook County Board District 14 race, longtime Republican incumbent Gregg Goslin lost his bid for re-election to Democrat Scott Britton according to unofficial returns. -
Mailers misleading on gun safety positionsOct 22, 2018 1:00 AM - The November race for voters in the Illinois 24th Legislative District has Suzy Glowiak, Western Springs resident and former village trustee representing the Democratic Party, pitted against incumbent State Sen. Chris Nybo, a Republican who resides in Elmhurst, holding the position since 2014. A few things about Suzy's campaign strike me as off. The first is that her campaign literature states that Chris Nybo cannot be trusted to support gun safety. Fact is Nybo worked with chief sponsor State Sen. Don Harmon, an Oak Park Democrat, to craft a revised version of the Gun Dealer License Certificate Act (SB337) that ensures gun dealers operate safely but removed the bureaucratic red tape that would have hurt small businesses. This ensured businesses are only selling firearms to individuals who are legally permitted to carry them.
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Endorsement: Silvestri for Cook County Board, District 9
Oct 18, 2018 1:00 AM - The Daily Herald endorses Peter Silvestri for a seventh term on the Cook County Board. -
Endorsement: Schneider for Cook County Board
Oct 18, 2018 1:00 AM - The Daily Herald recommends returning Tim Schneider to the Cook County Board
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