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Statement from Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle following today's County Board Finance Committee meeting

I am grateful to Chairman Daley and the Commissioners who supported the revenue proposals we brought today before the Finance Committee.
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Budget and Financial

Modest Hotel/Motel Tax Would Support Critical Public Safety Functions While Helping to Close FY 16 County Budget Gap: President Preckwinkle

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said today she will propose a 1% tax on hotels and motels in the County to provide revenue critically needed to close a gap in the County’s FY 2016 budget and fund critical public safety services in the co
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Budget and Financial, Budget and Financial

Cook County Working to Bring Western Access to O’Hare International Airport

First formal agreement approved by Board of Commissioners
Cook County has officially joined to drive to bring much-needed western access to O’Hare International Airport.
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Building and Construction

President Preckwinkle Announces 2015 No Cash Bid Program Update

Thirty-six taxing districts across Cook County have so far submitted requests to Cook County’s No Cash Bid Program for the 2015 program year.
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Economic Development

President Preckwinkle Appoints New Chief for County’s Bureau of Asset Management

President Toni Preckwinkle’s nomination of Elaine Lockwood Bean as new chief of the County’s Bureau of Asset Management was approved today by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
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