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Preckwinkle proposes stopgap fixes, shrinking budget to address Cook County’s $550M shortfall

October 8, 2026 at 10:18 a.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will propose “sweeping the cupboards bare” to close a...

September 25, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

Candidates touched on pressing national issues of affordability, foreign policy and immigration in debate for...

September 23, 2026 at 6:37 p.m.

Cook County’s finance committee approved a settlement Wednesday for a victim of a coerced confession...

September 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

For more than a century, Marconi Foods has been making giardiniera. The family-owned company in...

September 20, 2026 at 10:51 a.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and...

September 15, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

Voters overwhelmingly gave Cook County Forest Preserves the OK to raise property taxes by 0.025%...

September 4, 2026 at 8:40 a.m.

How did a truckload of Nike shoes en route to Dallas, before being boosted in...

September 3, 2026 at 2:23 p.m.

Striking Cook County Forest Preserves maintenance, conservation and programming workers reached a deal with management...

August 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Cook County’s sprawling safety net health system is counting on the county board to fill...

August 25, 2026 at 12:59 p.m.

Historic 1800's saloon in downtown Glenview, Glen View House, renovated, relaunched as Foxtail at Glen...