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Cook County delays $34 million fix to records warehouse
Clout StreetCook County officials will hold off on asking county commissioners to support a $34 million upgrade to an aging West Side warehouse used to store court records and voting equipment. Instead, they will study how best to handle the mountains of paper...Tags: Cook County Government
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Local elected officials react to health care decision
Elected officials in Chicago and Illinois are reacting to the Supreme Court’s history-making decision to uphold the heart of the president’s affordable healthcare law. Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the healthcare decision “historic”...
Tags: Healthcare Laws, Public Officials, Crime, Law and Justice, Pat Brady, Mark Kirk
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Emanuel after health care ruling: Thank God Obama didn't listen to me
Tribune reporterMayor Rahm Emanuel today heralded the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the core of President Barack Obama’s national health care overhaul as a positive “historic” development, even as he conceded that he warned Obama about the...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Chicago Mayor, U.S. Supreme Court, Drugs and Medicines
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Emanuel cheers Supreme Court decision
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday found himself happily eating a little crow after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the core of President Barack Obama's national health care plan. When he served as the president's first chief of staff, Emanuel warned Obama...
Tags: Judges, Elections, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Mayor
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Preckwinkle chooses Florida pathologist to be new medical examiner
Tribune reporterCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has named her choice to become the new Cook County medical examiner. In an item just added to the Cook County Board's agenda for today's meeting, Preckwinkle proposes that Dr. Stephen J. Cina replace Dr. Nancy...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Pathology, Medical Specialization, U.S. Air Force, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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Preckwinkle chooses Fla. doctor to be new medical examiner
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle has appointed a new county medical examiner. Dr. Stephen Cina is currently the Associate Medical Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the University of Miami`s tissue bank. If approved by the Board of...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Cook County Government
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Rep. Jackson under treatment for mood disorder, staff says
Tribune reportersUnder increasing pressure from top Democrats to disclose what's kept Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. off the job for more than a month, the congressman's office issued a statement Wednesday saying he is being treated for a "mood disorder" at an inpatient center....Tags: Human Interest, Mania, Executive Branch, Mood Disorders, Chicago Mayor
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Cook County looking at bond court changes
Tribune reporterCook County Jail inmates stuck behind bars because they can't come up with small amounts of money to go free while awaiting trial for non-violent offenses will automatically go before judges to possibly get their bail reduced under a plan announced by...Tags: Anne M. Burke, Defendants, Illinois Supreme Court, Judges, Justice System
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Cook County budget starts with $267 million hole
Clout StreetCook County is starting $267.5 million in the hole as officials start planning next year's budget, Board President Toni Preckwinkle said today. The projected shortfall is partly due to the rollback of the final quarter-percentage-point of the sales tax...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Barack Obama, Todd H. Stroger, Cook County Government
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Cook County looks at naming rights to raise money
Tribune reportersCash-strapped Cook County government and the more financially sound Forest Preserve District are looking to bring in corporate cash by selling naming rights, sponsorships and concessions. All of those, plus more mundane ideas such as advertising on...Tags: Marketing, Chicago Park District, Forestry and Timber, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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County Board votes to merge job-training programs with city
Cook County commissioners voted Tuesday to combine job training programs with the City of Chicago in a bid to cut costs. A single not-for-profit organization would be created to administer all the job training in the county, rather than having separate...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Bridget Gainer, Judges, NATO Summit, Crime, Law and Justice
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Preckwinkle names health board members, announces bank program
Tribune reporterCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle continued Wednesday to put her imprint on county government by appointing new members to the board overseeing the county’s vast public health system. At the Health and Hospitals System board, Preckwinkle...Tags: Abbott Laboratories, Business, Ansell Limited, Corporate Officers, New York City
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