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President Preckwinkle Announces Plans To Crack Down On County Tax Scofflaws
By Sebastian James at September 26, 2012 | 11:44 am | 1 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today new plans to crack down on those who are evading taxes and fees within the County. The County is pursuing two new proposals that would bring in $4 million in Fiscal Year 2013 by going after businesses and residents not filing tax returns, paying too little in taxes, or simply evading Home Rule taxes in Cook more...
President Preckwinkle Cuts Ribbon at Country Club Hills Wellness Center
By Sebastian James at September 26, 2012 | 10:32 am | 1 Comments
President Preckwinkle, joined by Reverend Harry Roberts, President, Board of Directors of South Suburban PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) and Mayor Welch of County Club Hills, cut the ribbon on their new Wellness Center in Country Club Hills, yesterday morning. In her remarks, President Preckwinkle remembered that the group assembled had been at the ground more...
Preckwinkle, Orr, Volunteers Team Up for National Voter Registration Day
By Sebastian James at September 26, 2012 | 9:31 am | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Clerk David Orr kicked off a countywide nonpartisan voter registration drive yesterday at the Markham courthouse in conjunction with National Voter Registration Day. The voter registration deadline is Oct. 9 for the Nov. 6, 2012 Presidential Election. Preckwinkle, a former high school more...
Cook County Clerk Orr, Chicago Fire & Reavis High Register Voters
By Sebastian James at September 24, 2012 | 12:00 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Clerk David Orr and the Chicago Fire’s Jay Nolly visited a Reavis High School soccer practice Wednesday afternoon to promote voter registration and urge students to get involved in the Nov. 6, 2012 Presidential Election. “If you don’t participate, it’s like your team playing a man short,” Orr said on the school’s soccer field, 6034 W. 77th St., more...
Cook County State’s Attorney Receives Federal Grant To Support Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking
By Sebastian James at September 17, 2012 | 2:15 pm | 0 Comment
The U.S. Justice Department has announced that it will renew a federal grant that supports the Cook County State’s Attorney’s efforts to combat human trafficking and the sex trafficking of minor children, according to State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. The $500,000 grant will provide funding over the next two years and will assist in enabling the State’s more...
President Preckwinkle and Mayor Emanuel Announce Skills for Chicagoland’s Future
By Sebastian James at September 13, 2012 | 4:58 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle and City of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the creation of Skills for Chicagoland’s Future (SCF)—a public-private partnership uniting Chicago and Cook County government, businesses, job seekers, workforce development partners and educational institutions in a coordinated effort to jumpstart more...
Information Week Names Cook County Bureau of Technology a Leading Government Innovator
By Sebastian James at September 12, 2012 | 4:03 pm | 0 Comment
Information Week Magazine named Cook County Government’s Bureau of Technology one of the leading innovators in Government Information Technology for 2012. InformationWeek's Government IT Innovators awards, now in its fourth year, recognize local, state, and federal agencies for their innovative use of information technology. Cook County won the award by leading the more...
Have You Turned Up the Volume? Free Hearing Screening September 18th
By Sebastian James at September 12, 2012 | 1:44 pm | 7 Comments
A FREE hearing screening is being offered at the Oak Forest Health Center on Tuesday, September 18th. Untreated hearing loss can affect your life in many ways, creating barriers in speech and language communication in the home, employment, educational, and other and social settings. A free hearing screening is scheduled for Tuesday, September 18, more...
Cook County Introduces First Agreement Under New Vacant Building Ordinance
By Sebastian James at September 10, 2012 | 3:36 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today introduced an agreement to the Cook County Board of Commissioners between the County and the Village of Oak Lawn to participate in the County’s Vacant Building Ordinance. The Intergovernmental Agreement is the result of the efforts undertaken by the Bureau of Economic Development, the Department of Building and more...
Chief Judge Evans Announces Annual Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month Courthouse Tours
By Sebastian James at September 7, 2012 | 11:58 am | 0 Comment
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced the Annual Latino Hispanic Heritage Month Courthouse Tours of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, will take place on Thursday, September 27 and Friday, September 28, 2012. Co-sponsoring the tours are the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and the Puerto Rican Bar more...
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