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Bureau Chief Speaks at Conference on Regional Economic Growth
By Communications Staff at March 22, 2013 | 1:32 pm | 0 Comment
Bureau Chief Herman Brewer, Cook County Bureau of Economic Development was a featured speaker at the ACG (Association for Corporate Growth) Chicago conference, which took place at the Standard Club in downtown Chicago on March 19. The meeting brought together corporate executives investors, senior advisors, academic and government leaders to explore the full range more...
President Preckwinkle announces Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program Connects Nearly 16,000 Low-Income Cook County Families to the Internet
By Communications Staff at March 21, 2013 | 10:20 am | 2 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Comcast today announced that nearly 16,000 Cook County families have joined Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, more than any county in the nation. Designed to help close the digital divide, the Internet Essentials program provides Internet service at home to eligible families for around $10 a month, the ability to more...
Cook County hospital tax funding drops by $100 million
By Communications Staff at March 20, 2013 | 11:32 am | 0 Comment
Originally published on the CCHHS website March 14th A sharp reduction in spending at the Cook County Health and Hospitals System helped drive down the taxpayer subsidy in fiscal 2012 by nearly $100 million, to roughly $287 million, according to a Crain’s estimate. Spending fell in part due to cost-cutting but also to fewer patients seeking care, which lowers expenses more...
April 9th Election Information
By Communications Staff at March 20, 2013 | 11:27 am | 0 Comment
Originally published on the Cook County Clerk Website March 13th More than 2,700 candidates will be running for municipal, school, park, library and fire district offices in suburban Cook County on April 9, 2013, according to Cook County Clerk David Orr. "Voter participation in local elections is crucial for residents to influence issues affecting their more...
Briana’s Fight for Life Benefit
By Communications Staff at March 20, 2013 | 11:19 am | 0 Comment
Originally published on the Cook County Sheriff’s website Please join Sheriff Dart and Cook County Sheriff's Office staff in support of IDOC Director Tony Godinez and his family as they host a benefit for their 24 year old daughter,Briana, who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of Stage 3 brain cancer, Anaplastic Astrocytoma. Currently, there is no known cure more...
Reassessment Notices Mailed to Elk Grove Township Taxpayers
By Communications Staff at March 20, 2013 | 11:12 am | 0 Comment
Originally published on the Cook County Assessor's Website March 15th Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios announced that reassessment notices were mailed today to close to 18,000 residential property owners in Elk Grove Township. “Our goal at the Assessor’s Office is to ensure that all property owners are equitably assessed,” Assessor Berrios said. “I more...
Kidney Screening Day is March 19th
By Communications Staff at March 13, 2013 | 5:36 pm | 1 Comments
Originally published at the Cook County Health & Hospitals website Date & Time: March 19, 2013 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Location: Stroger Hospital, Cafeteria, No appointment required. Kidney Screening Day, sponsored by the Stroger Hospital’s Department of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois (NKFI – www.nkfi.org). All screenings are more...
Democratic party picked in ballot lottery
By Communications Staff at March 13, 2013 | 5:35 pm | 0 Comment
The Democratic nominee for the 2nd Congressional District will have the top ballot position in the April 9, 2013 Election following a drawing conducted on February 28th by Cook County Clerk David Orr and Deputy Director of Elections Noah Praetz. At 11 a.m., Orr displayed slips of paper with the parties' names written on them, one Democratic and the other more...
Berrios Proposes Property Tax Relief Measure
By Communications Staff at March 13, 2013 | 5:27 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios announced Tuesday that he has crafted pending legislation in the Illinois General Assembly to increase the amount of savings for the Homeowner and Senior Exemptions. The bill is designed to soften the blow caused by the sunset of the 7 Percent Expanded Homeowner Exemption, which was originally designed to provide relief from rising more...
Demolition Debris and Diversion Training Sessions
By Communications Staff at March 13, 2013 | 5:25 pm | 0 Comment
The Cook County Department of Environmental Control and The Rebuilding Exchange will host six free public workshops during March to educate contractors, municipal workers and the general public about the County’s Demolition, Debris and Diversion Ordinance, which came into effect last November. At each of the three-hour workshops, attendees will learn about: How more...
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