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Cook County delays $34 million fix to records warehouse
Clout StreetCook County officials will hold off on asking county commissioners to support a $34 million upgrade to an aging West Side warehouse used to store court records and voting equipment. Instead, they will study how best to handle the mountains of paper...Tags: Cook County Government
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Local elected officials react to health care decision
Elected officials in Chicago and Illinois are reacting to the Supreme Court’s history-making decision to uphold the heart of the president’s affordable healthcare law. Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the healthcare decision “historic”...
Tags: Mike Quigley, Pat Brady, Dick Durbin, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Republican Party
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Emanuel after health care ruling: Thank God Obama didn't listen to me
Tribune reporterMayor Rahm Emanuel today heralded the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the core of President Barack Obama’s national health care overhaul as a positive “historic” development, even as he conceded that he warned Obama about the...Tags: Elections, Prescription Drugs, Cook County Board of Commissioners, U.S. Supreme Court, Barack Obama
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Emanuel cheers Supreme Court decision
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday found himself happily eating a little crow after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the core of President Barack Obama's national health care plan. When he served as the president's first chief of staff, Emanuel warned Obama...
Tags: Justice System, Elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
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Preckwinkle chooses Florida pathologist to be new medical examiner
Tribune reporterCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has named her choice to become the new Cook County medical examiner. In an item just added to the Cook County Board's agenda for today's meeting, Preckwinkle proposes that Dr. Stephen J. Cina replace Dr. Nancy...Tags: Cook County Government, Johns Hopkins University, Pathology, U.S. Air Force, Vanderbilt University
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Preckwinkle chooses Fla. doctor to be new medical examiner
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle has appointed a new county medical examiner. Dr. Stephen Cina is currently the Associate Medical Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the University of Miami`s tissue bank. If approved by the Board of...
Tags: Cook County Government, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Rep. Jackson under treatment for mood disorder, staff says
Tribune reportersUnder increasing pressure from top Democrats to disclose what's kept Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. off the job for more than a month, the congressman's office issued a statement Wednesday saying he is being treated for a "mood disorder" at an inpatient center....Tags: Depression, Dick Durbin, Republican Party, Alcohol Addiction, Barack Obama
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Cook County looking at bond court changes
Tribune reporterCook County Jail inmates stuck behind bars because they can't come up with small amounts of money to go free while awaiting trial for non-violent offenses will automatically go before judges to possibly get their bail reduced under a plan announced by...Tags: Defendants, Justice System, Illinois Supreme Court, Cook County Government, Judges
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Cook County budget starts with $267 million hole
Clout StreetCook County is starting $267.5 million in the hole as officials start planning next year's budget, Board President Toni Preckwinkle said today. The projected shortfall is partly due to the rollback of the final quarter-percentage-point of the sales tax...Tags: Todd H. Stroger, Cook County Government, U.S. Supreme Court, Barack Obama
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Cook County medical examiner resigns amid office overhaul
WGN NEWSThe Cook County Medical Examiner who was the target of tough criticism for horrific conditions at the morgue will resign from her job. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced that development on Tuesday, as well as several other changes...Tags: Cook County Government, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Health, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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County Board votes to merge job-training programs with city
Cook County commissioners voted Tuesday to combine job training programs with the City of Chicago in a bid to cut costs. A single not-for-profit organization would be created to administer all the job training in the county, rather than having separate...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Bridget Gainer, Justice System, Grant Park, Crime, Law and Justice
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Preckwinkle names health board members, announces bank program
Tribune reporterCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle continued Wednesday to put her imprint on county government by appointing new members to the board overseeing the county’s vast public health system. At the Health and Hospitals System board, Preckwinkle...Tags: Rush University Medical Center, New York City, Cook County Government, Hospitals and Clinics, Ansell Limited
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