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Cook County Circuit Court Court to resume June 23rd in Maywood courthouse
By Sebastian James at June 22, 2011 | 4:30 pm | 0 Comment
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced court will resume tomorrow, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in the Fourth Municipal District Courthouse in west suburban Maywood. All court proceedings were canceled Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in the Maywood courthouse after a power outage in the facility caused by severe weather the preceding more...
Maywood Courthouse Closed Today, June 22nd
By Sebastian James at June 22, 2011 | 12:56 pm | 0 Comment
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced that all court proceedings were canceled today in the Fourth Municipal District Courthouse, located at 1500 Maybrook Drive in west suburban Maywood, due to loss of the building's electrical power. Chief Judge Evans said the loss of power was due to Tuesday's severe weather and that court proceedings in more...
President Preckwinkle Launches Cook County Works Summer Youth Employment Program
By Sebastian James at June 20, 2011 | 2:29 pm | 2 Comments
Reaffirming her commitment to broadening the County’s economic development efforts and creating employment opportunities for youth, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today launched the Cook County Works Youth Employment Program, aimed at providing training and employment to youth throughout the region. “We are emerging from a time of terrible economic more...
President Preckwinkle announces over $15 million in grants for municipalities and community service providers
By owen.kilmer at June 14, 2011 | 3:43 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle held a press conference to announce the allocation of over $15 million in grant funding for municipalities and community services providers throughout the County. “We are emerging from an economic depression like we haven’t seen since the 1930s. Yet, we have a real opportunity to strengthen Chicago and define Cook more...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle unveils 3 tools to increase transparency
By Sebastian James at June 14, 2011 | 9:15 am | 8 Comments
Broadening her efforts to make County Government transparent and accountable, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle unveiled three new tools to improve public access to Cook County Board meetings and open the doors of County Government The public can now listen to live broadcasts of Cook County Board meetings with streaming internet radio and can also watch more...
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce the results of joint city-county committee report
By Sebastian James at June 13, 2011 | 1:37 pm | 0 Comment
Today Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the results of a joint city-county committee, outlining a path to historic levels of City and County collaboration in order to reduce cost and improve services for residents. Click here to read the report “This report is a blueprint for reform. It paves the way for a more...
Clerk Orr’s office issues first Civil Union licenses in Illinois
By Sebastian James at June 1, 2011 | 3:37 pm | 6 Comments
Cook County Clerk David Orr's office issued its first civil union license this morning to Janean Watkins and Lakeesha Harris of Chicago, who arrived at midnight to be the first couple in line at the Daley Center. About 75 couples and their supporters arrived before the Clerk's office opened at 7:30 a.m. today, the first day Illinois allows civil unions under a law first more...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, CCHHS CEO Dr. Terry Mason discuss plans for Oak Forest Hospital
By Sebastian James at June 1, 2011 | 2:56 pm | 4 Comments
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Health and Hospital System (CCHHS) Dr. Terry Mason held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss upcoming plans for Oak Forest Hospital. In light of the decision by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Board, CCHHS will begin today the process of a modified plan of operations for Oak Forest more...
Commissioner Cabonargi Introduces Board of Review Appeal forms in Spanish, Polish, and Chinese
By Phil Utterback at May 26, 2011 | 4:40 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Michael Cabonargi (2nd) unveiled new multi-lingual appeal form guides to help taxpayers reduce their tax payments. The forms, translated into Polish, Spanish and Chinese, are a guide to the existing forms which are exclusively in English. The new language guides are a first step to making the Board of Review multi-lingual and more...
Young Women’s Healthy Choices Forum, Tuesday May 24th at Senn High School
By Sebastian James at May 20, 2011 | 3:11 pm | 1 Comments
Join us for a candid discussion of issues that impact the lives and futures of young girls and women. Learn about healthy choices that you can make from experts. Event topics: Young Women’s Physical Health, presented by Dr. Anita Blanchard, Assoc. Prof. OB/Gyn, Univ. of Chicago You Deserve Healthy Relationships, presented by Dr. Ann Russo, Assoc. Prof., Women more...
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