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Cook County Health System Board of Directors Names New Chair, David Carvalho
By Sebastian James at August 14, 2012 | 1:05 pm | 0 Comment
The Cook County Health and Hospitals System announced today that the independent governing board elected David Carvalho as Chair, and Jorge Ramirez as Vice-Chair of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors. “I would like to extend my sincerest congratulations to David who has a long history with the health system and brings a high level of more...
Clerk Orr Announces Lobbyists Paid Over $1 Million in First Half of 2012
By Sebastian James at August 14, 2012 | 12:53 pm | 0 Comment
Lobbyists were paid $1.15 million during the first half of 2012 as they attempted to influence Cook County elected officials and high-ranking employees, Cook County Clerk David Orr announced Tuesday. The 211 active lobbyists in Cook County earned $1,154,003 and reported 540 lobbying contacts from January to June. The number of reported lobbying contacts is the lowest more...
Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District: West Nile Virus Cases on the Increase
By Sebastian James at August 10, 2012 | 5:00 pm | 0 Comment
Our hot and dry climatic conditions have been ideal for the development of disease vector mosquitoes, primarily Culex pipiens. This mosquito is the main vector of West Nile Virus (WNV) in our area. The adult mosquito is not an aggressive biter, and its presence is typically not noticed by the public. Our District monitors WNV levels within the adult mosquito more...
Dr. Ram Raju, CEO, Cook County Health and Hospital Systems, Focuses on the Affordable Care Act
By Communications Staff at August 7, 2012 | 1:49 pm | 0 Comment
The United States Supreme Court upheld the vast majority of the Affordable Care Act. This is a momentous decision for our patients and for healthcare in this Country. In Washington D.C., they recently unveiled a beautiful monument to one of this Country’s great leaders: Martin Luther King, Jr. Among his famous quotes chiseled on the walls of his monument is one more...
Sheriff’s Office Launches First Sales at Daley Plaza’s Farmers Market
By Communications Staff at August 6, 2012 | 5:06 pm | 9 Comments
The Cook County Sheriff's Office is launching its latest initiative at the Farmers Market in Daley Plaza where they are selling pesticide-free produce and herbs grown at the Cook County Jail, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced."I'm very happy to see this program expand into the farmers markets and also bringing gardens into communities which may lack local more...
Reminder: Deadline Date for Appeals on Proposed Assessed Values for West Township is August 23, 2012
By Communications Staff at August 6, 2012 | 3:31 pm | 1 Comments
Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios announced July 23rd, the mailing of reassessment notices to more than 106,000 residential property owners in West Township. Reassessment notices contain proposed values that will be reflected on second-installment tax bills, which will be due in the fall of 2013. Taxpayers have 30 days to file an appeal on their proposed assessed more...
Notice of Rescheduled Meeting: Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System
By Communications Staff at August 6, 2012 | 3:29 pm | 0 Comment
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, scheduled for Friday, July 27, 2012 at the hour of 7:30 A.M., has been rescheduled to Thursday, August 9, 2012, at the hour of 7:30 A.M., at 1900 W. Polk Street, in the Second Floor Conference Room, Chicago, Illinois. An agenda with the items to be considered will be more...
President Preckwinkle Tours Ingredion Incorporated
By Communications Staff at August 1, 2012 | 11:26 am | 0 Comment
On Thursday, July 26, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, joined by Commissioner Jeffrey R. Tobolski and Herman Brewer, Bureau Chief, Economic Development for Cook County, toured Ingredion Incorporated (formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc. ), one of the world’s leading ingredient solutions providers and located in Cook County, Illinois for more...
August Marks National Immunization Awareness Month
By Communications Staff at July 31, 2012 | 2:18 pm | 2 Comments
Whether you are packing your child’s first backpack with school supplies for Kindergarten or loading up their trunk for freshman year at college - there is no better time than now to get your children’s vaccinations up to date. “As parents we do everything we can to keep our children safe and healthy, protecting them from vaccine preventable diseases should be more...
County’s latest green ordinance requires recycling and reuse of demolition debris
By mary.paleologos at July 31, 2012 | 12:37 pm | 3 Comments
A groundbreaking ordinance approved July 24 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners will require the bulk of the region’s demolition debris to be recycled and reused instead of clogging up the county’s remaining landfill, President Preckwinkle announced today. The Demolition Debris Diversion ordinance requires demolition contractors working in suburban and more...
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