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Curtain may drop on Lollapalooza's county tax break
After years of a free ride courtesy of a clout-laden deal, Lollapalooza might have to start paying Cook County taxes.
Commissioners voted Wednesday to require organizers of events like the giant summer lakefront music festival to come to the County Board...Tags: Festive Events, Bridget Gainer, Music, Festive Events, Chicago Park District
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Join us to talk about Public Safety and Chicago's future
On January 18, Chicago didn’t have a single murder or shooting. That was so unusual -- first time it had happened in nearly a year -- that the Police Department put out a statement letting everyone know what a great day it was.
The rest of...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Murder, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Quinn calls for cutting natural gas tax, boosting education spending in State of State speech
Gov. Pat Quinn today called for more spending on education and abolishing the natural gas utility tax in his State of the State speech.
The noon address to the General Assembly, which is posted online, focuses mostly on job creation. (Tribune reporter...Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Executive Branch, Interior Policy, Cook County Government, Tax Credits
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Cook County board chief announces 'overhaul' of morgue
Tribune reporterSaying she was "disturbed and discouraged and disappointed," Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle promised to "overhaul" the medical examiner's office -- and fire some workers -- because of crowded conditions in the morgue. "I've been as...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Lobbying, Politics, Cook County Government
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Preckwinkle not backing down on illegal immigrant criminal cases
Clout StreetCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday refused to consider cooperating with federal requests to hold undocumented immigrants in county jail, calling instead for a task force to look at how to improve the way bail is set in all county...Tags: Justice System, Prisons, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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U.S. report criticizes Cook County's discontinued police car camera program
A troubled Cook County program put faulty camera equipment in police cars, wasting perhaps millions of federal dollars, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general said in an audit released this morning.
Sen. Mark Kirk and U.S. Rep. Michael...Tags: Johnson Controls Incorporated, Mark Kirk, Todd H. Stroger, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense
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G-8, NATO summits are just latest call to public service for former Daley chief of staff
Organizing the G-8 and NATO summits is like preparing for a hurricane. You can't entirely control the outcome, and any violence could be catastrophic for the city, the mayor and the president.
Leslie Fox, the first person selected to run the May 19-21...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Lobbying, International Organizations, Orthopedic Surgery, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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Cook County Board remembers Maggie Daley
Clout StreetThe Cook County Board paid tribute to Maggie Daley on Wednesday, with Commissioner John Daley remembering his late sister-in-law and the impact she had on Chicagoans. “She was a hope to people, she affected peoples’ lives,” Daley said....Tags: Breast Cancer, Religious Festivals, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Diseases and Illnesses, Maggie Daley
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Watchdog questions Cook County highway workers' debris dumping
Tribune reporterFor years, Cook County highway workers have been dumping roadway and sewer waste at a pair of work yards, creating large mounds that potentially could be contaminating the environment, according to a watchdog report released today. The pollutants include...Tags: Todd H. Stroger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Employees
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2 workers fired in connection with probe of morgue
Two employees of the Cook County medical examiner's office have been fired in connection with a review of possible "misconduct or malfeasance" at the morgue, a spokeswoman for County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursday.
After being suspended...Tags: Employees, Cook County Government, Career and Workplace
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Federal immigration official warns Preckwinkle about policy
The nation's top immigration official has written a stern warning to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle about her policy that allowed Saul Chavez to skip bail and run out on felony charges. "This ordinance undermines public safety in Cook...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Cook County, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Preckwinkle hopes to avoid all-nighter by speeding up budget deadlines
Clout StreetSeveral months after the Cook County Board pulled an all-nighter to craft a spending plan, Board President Toni Preckwinkle is setting new deadlines she hopes will avoid a repeat performance. Today Preckwinkle ordered all county departments and...Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Politics
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