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December Marks National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
By Communications Staff at December 11, 2012 | 9:49 am | 0 Comment
Originally appeared in the December 9, 2012 edition of CookCountyHHS.org With the Holiday season in full force, it is timely to encourage everyone to enjoy celebrations with family and friends, but to do so responsibly. Impaired driving is a serious public health threat. In one year, nearly 1.5 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or more...
President Preckwinkle, Sheriff Dart Announce Major Construction Project at Cook County Jail
By Communications Staff at December 10, 2012 | 1:13 pm | 3 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today the start of a major construction project at the Cook County Department of Corrections and the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) that will improve building standards, increase energy efficiency and realize significant energy savings. The three-year, $34 million dollar project will replace critical more...
Courts and Public Safety , Featured News , President's Office
Clerk Orr Introduces New Delinquent Property Tax Search
By Communications Staff at December 7, 2012 | 12:18 pm | 0 Comment
Originally published December 6, 2012 at the Cook County Clerk's website Clerk David Orr today unveiled a time and labor-saving delinquent property tax online search tool that provides instant information on all Cook County properties with sold, forfeited or unpaid taxes in the last 20 years. The delinquent property database contains 222,670 properties with more more...
FPDCC Opens Oak Forest Heritage Preserve
By Communications Staff at December 7, 2012 | 11:49 am | 0 Comment
Originally published November 30, 2012 at the Forest Preserve website The Forest Preserve District of Cook County has opened portions of the new Oak Forest Heritage Preserve to the public. The 176.3 acre preserve is located on 159th Street, east of Cook County’s Oak Forest Medical Center campus. Visitors should enter the Oak Forest Heritage Preserve off of more...
President Preckwinkle Discusses 2 Years in Office on WTTW-11′s “Chicago Tonight”
By Communications Staff at December 6, 2012 | 2:38 pm | 0 Comment
Orignially appeared on December 5, 2012 at more...
Toni Preckwinkle calls for fair phone rates for inmates
By Communications Staff at December 4, 2012 | 1:08 am | 2 Comments
Originally published in the December 3, 2012 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times.com For too long, inmates in Cook County have faced a significant barrier to communicating with their loved ones: high-priced phone calls. Inmates and their families have been asked to pay incredibly high rates to talk on the phone, as much as $15 for 15 minutes. Overcharging families for more...
Become a Forest Preserve Holiday Volunteer
By Communications Staff at December 1, 2012 | 9:32 am | 0 Comment
We often think of the holiday season as a time for giving-to our families, our friends and our larger communities. But what about giving back to the earth? The tallgrass prairies and savannas of Cook County are rarer and more threatened than the tropical rainforests. After nearly two centuries of urban development and farming in the region, they've been reduced to a more...
2012 Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony
By Communications Staff at November 30, 2012 | 1:32 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the Commissioners, Agency heads and Bureau chiefs all gathered in the lobby of 118 N . Clark St. to light the Cook County Holiday Tree. The event was hosted by Robert Jordan of WLS-TV Channel 7. Click on the image above to view the entire more...
The Forest Preserve is Going Hyperspectral
By Communications Staff at November 30, 2012 | 12:18 pm | 1 Comments
Originally appeared in the November 29, 2012 edition of the Cook County Forest Preserve's website Wetlands are lands that are wet for at least part of the year. They provide critical feeding, resting and breeding habitat to many kinds of waterfowl, amphibians and reptiles, fish, small mammals and dragonflies. Thanks to a collaboration between the Forest Preserve more...
President Preckwinkle Welcomes Delegation from Nanchang, China and talks about Economic Development
By Communications Staff at November 28, 2012 | 8:40 am | 0 Comment
Originally published on the Commit to Cook website, November 27, 2012 On November 20, President Preckwinkle welcomed a delegation of 25 high-level government officials from Nanchang, China, hosted by WorldChicago, who were interested in gaining knowledge on economnic development and energy in the United States. The meeting, held at 69 W. Washington, 35th Floor, more...
Agencies , Economic Development , Featured News , President's Office
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