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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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Groundbreaking Event on the Renovation of the Jane R. Perlman and Victor Walchirk Apartments in Evanston, Illinois

199-unit project is the first to be renovated by the Housing Authority of Cook County under the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program.

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Building and Construction, Economic Development, Housing and Property