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Preckwinkle pledges to repeal sales tax hike by 2013
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 10:43 a.m.; last updated at 1:52 p.m. Newly installed Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today pledged to eliminate the remaining half-cent-on-the-dollar sales tax increase by January 2013. Although next year's budget... -
Preckwinkle transition report sets high standard
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 4:30 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today set the high standard of becoming “the best-run county government in the country” during just her second day in office. That lofty goal is stated in...... -
Preckwinkle backs Berrios, doesn't like him putting relatives on public payroll
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick and John Byrne at 5:39 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle made it clear Thursday that she and Assessor Joseph Berrios remain political allies, even if she’s not keen about him putting relatives on the...... -
Preckwinkle targets Cook County's 'non-essential' contracts
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 2:29 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said today she will halt spending on “non-essential” construction, equipment and service contracts in a move that could end up saving tens of millions of dollars during...... -
Preckwinkle names new leadership for forest preserves
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 2:53 p.m. New Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today named a onetime member of the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid effort to be superintendent of the Cook County Forest Preserve District. Arnold Randall also served...... -
Report: Cook County highway department a haven for loafers
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 5:44 p.m. Cook County government executives dumped problematic employees at the Highway Department, a haven for loafers with political connections, according to a new report by county Inspector General Patrick Blanchard. The... -
Preckwinkle names new aides on county contracts
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 5:55 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today continued to replace key executives from the administration of her predecessor, Todd Stroger. Out are Carmen Triche-Colvin — the former purchasing agent who is the... -
Preckwinkle: Born to be mild
Change of SubjectAs one who was critical of the way former Gov. Rod Blagojevich constantly picked fights with legislators -- particularly legislators in his own party -- and framed issues with gratuitously defiant rhetoric, I suppose I should be hailing the serenely...... -
Preckwinkle makes change at troubled county job training program
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 2:15 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has changed the leadership of a jobs-training agency beset by scandal during previous administrations. Karin Norington-Reaves, a former deputy director in the state Department... -
Preckwinkle, state to sit down and talk about botched flood relief program
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 3:25 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today said she will meet with state officials on Monday to discuss what went wrong with a $10.3 million federal grant program meant to help repair homes...... -
Preckwinkle says budget reckoning coming
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 3:20 p.m.; updated at 7:09 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today made it clear all county officials will soon have to make significant budget cuts — or see their budgets cut. Discussions between...... -
Fired aide asked employees for $100 to Stroger campaign fund
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 1:10 p.m. A Cook County Human Resources Department manager pressured employees to contribute at least $100 each to a fundraiser last fall for outgoing County Board President Todd Stroger, county Inspector General Patrick...
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