Commentary By Gary Kopycinski, Editor and Publisher, Rosemary Piser, Associate Editor, eNews Park Forest The entire Chicagoland area needs the Cook County Board to work, and the fact is, for the past several years, it hasn’t. Besides the serious ethical questions it raises, political patronage is a horribly inefficient and[Read More…]
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President Preckwinkle Announces Participant Cohort Details for Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced details and demographic information regarding the Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot.
President Preckwinkle Announces $23 Million for Rental Assistance and Services for Returning Residents
Cook County announced a plan that will provide rental assistance and wraparound support services to residents returning from incarceration.
Preckwinkle Statement on Signing of Protect Illinois Communities Act
Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Illinois lawmakers took an important step toward protecting our residents by banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. These weapons were designed for the military and have no place in our communities. Assault weapons have resulted in devastating, unnecessary loss of life in Cook County, Illinois and across[Read More…]
President Preckwinkle Unveils Preliminary Budget Forecast for FY 23
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today released the preliminary budget forecast for the County’s Fiscal Year 2023.
President Preckwinkle Announces over $14 million in Initial Awards of Cook County’s Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Grants
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was joined by Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry and Avik Das, Executive Director of the Justice Advisory Council, to announce the first set of awards for the Cook County Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Grant program.
President Preckwinkle Announces Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot. The pilot is the nation’s largest publicly funded guaranteed income initiative.
Preckwinkle: Releasing Jason Van Dyke is a “Gross Miscarriage of Justice”
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Referring to the murder and case of Laquan McDonald as a “gross miscarriage of justice,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle issued a statement on the release from prison of Jason Van Dyke. “In 2014, the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald changed our city forever,” Preckwinkle said. “We[Read More…]
Preckwinkle Highlights Nearly $300 Million Pandemic Relief Plan
First steps in planned $700 million for community programs over next several years Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle highlighted a nearly $300 million pandemic relief plan approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that includes major investments in small business assistance, violence prevention, digital equity, and infrastructure improvements in[Read More…]
Nurses’ Unions Serve Notice to Strike. Preckwinkle Responds
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Board President Toni Preckwinkle issued a statement Thursday in response to notice to strike from two nurses’ unions: Cook County respects the collective bargaining rights of its employees. As negotiations proceed, Cook County will continue to bargain in good faith. Yesterday, Cook County was served with strike notices[Read More…]
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