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Preckwinkle pushing revenue measures improving services, cutting taxpayer costs

Items include waiving credit card transaction fees and lowered interest rates on late payments Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday introduced a series of proposed measures aimed at eliminating County credit card transaction fee
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Budget and Financial

Preckwinkle Seeks Accountability in Use of County-Owned Vehicles

Settlement with Chicago on years of tickets called ‘long overdue’

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Open Data and Transparency

Statement from President Preckwinkle on the Passage of the 2015 Budget

I commend the Board of Commissioners for approving the 2015 Cook County budget today.

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Budget and Financial

Civic Federation Supports Cook County’s FY 2015 Proposed Budget

The Civic Federation supports Cook County’s proposed FY 2015 operating budget in a recently released report. November 13, 2014 Dear President Preckwinkle: The Civic Federation recently completed its analysis of your $3.7 billion proposed FY2015 ope
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Budget and Financial, Building and Construction, Environmental, Health

Preckwinkle: Old Property Means New Revenue for County

From an old piano to a pair of meat slicers, Cook County is pursuing new ways to generate revenue by selling obsolete and occasionally odd property via an online auction site.

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