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Governor Pat Quinn Signs Bill to Make Board of Review Appeals Easier for Cook County Property Owners

By Communications Staff at September 6, 2012 | 9:44 am | 0 Comment

On August 23rd, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 3386 allowing the Cook County Board of Review to modernize operations and making it easier and more convenient for property owners to file appeals of the assessed values of their homes and businesses.  The signing ceremony took place at the Cook County Board of Review, where Governor Quinn was a more...

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Governor Quinn Signs Bill Increasing Participation of Minority and Woman-owned Businesses in FPDCC Contracts

By Sebastian James at July 18, 2012 | 3:25 pm | 0 Comment

Governor Pat Quinn today signed a new law today allowing the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to establish provisions to address the underuse of minority and women-owned businesses (MBE/WBE) with respect to construction and procurement contracts. The bill was a high priority to Cook County Board President Preckwinkle’s administration and she hand-delivered it more...

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President Preckwinkle, Governor Quinn, and Mayor Emanuel Announce First-Ever Converged Data Site

By Sebastian James at March 21, 2012 | 11:42 am | 15 Comments

Governor Pat Quinn, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today unveiled http://www.MetroChicagoData.org, the nation’s first “convergence cloud” site that brings public data from the City of Chicago, Cook County and the State of Illinois into a single open portal to help increase service efficiencies, access to vital information and new more...

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Statement from President Preckwinkle on the 2013 Illinois Budget proposed by Governor Quinn

By Sebastian James at February 22, 2012 | 3:42 pm | 1 Comments

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle issued the following statement today on the 2012 Illinois Budget proposed by Governor Quinn: “Today the Governor took great steps to lay out the budgetary problems that Illinois is facing in an honest and forthright manner. He laid out a strong framework for pension reform that I hope will prove a successful roadmap for the more...

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