Articles filed under Cook County Board
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Cook County sick-leave bill sparks suburban controversySep 12, 2016 5:30 am - A proposed Cook County law that would allow even part-time workers to earn up to five paid sick days a year is raising the concern of some Northwest suburban business or...
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Cook County Board spending way more on staffs than collar county boardsAug 31, 2016 5:00 am - Taxpayers spent $7.6 million last year to cover the costs of separate office staffs for each of the 17 Cook County commissioners and President Toni Preckwinkle. Each Coo...
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Hoffman Estates adopts new pet shop regulationsJul 22, 2016 1:00 am - A new Hoffman Estates law requiring pet shops to disclose the breeding history of their animals has removed the village's Petland store as the last under the jurisdictio...
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Cook County recorder says merger not in best interests of Cook CountyJul 01, 2016 11:00 pm - Democratic Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough is unopposed for re-election this November, but she's suddenly in a fight for her political life. Cook County vo...
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Proposal to make Cook circuit clerk an appointed post quickly withdrawnMay 11, 2016 2:34 pm - Cook County Commissioner Peter Silvestri's proposal to change the office of Cook County circuit court clerk from an elected post to one that's appointed by a judge had b...
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Cook County circuit clerk wants a raiseMay 03, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the public defender's annual salary, it is $187,018 and the story has been changed to reflect th...
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Lester: Preckwinkle's visits to 'burbs rare, but top Stroger'sMar 28, 2016 5:30 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle paid just 10 official visits to the Northwest suburbs in a year's time, a review of her schedule shows. Still, that's fa...
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Mount Prospect moves to block truck parking near United officesMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - Mount Prospect is moving to annex six acres at the southeast corner of Linneman Road and Dempster Street to block a plan for a truck parking lot there, but the property'...
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Former state official named Preckwinkle's chief of staffMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has appointed Brian Hamer, former director of the Illinois Department of Revenue, as her new chief of staff effective Wednes...
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Preckwinkle's chief of staff resigning to take over advocacy groupFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Tasha Green Cruzat, chief of staff to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, announced Wednesday that she will leave her post next month to become president of Vo...