(Chicago Tribune) — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkleon Monday put the brakes on a host of “nonessential” projects and services in a move she estimated could save tens of millions of dollars during the current budget year. The moratorium will last until the board in late February approves a 2011 budget, Preckwinkle said. Between now and […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Vowing it’s “a new day in Cook County,” newly minted Board President Toni Preckwinkle wielded a big ax Monday, sending dozens of staffers tied to her predecessor packing and setting a deadline of 2013 to cut an unpopular county sales tax hike. And that was just her first day on the […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Today, Toni Preckwinkle takes over as Cook County Board president — the first woman elected to the post — after she and the 17 county commissioners are sworn in. Preckwinkle, the 4th Ward Chicago alderman whose resignation is effective today, has said she’ll clean house to rid the administration of outgoing president […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Cook County Board President Todd Stroger described his single term in office as a battle — with his political foes and the news media — and that he leaves feeling “some bitterness.” In what is expected to be one of his final official acts in office, Stroger presided over the county’s […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Toni Preckwinkle took a moment Tuesday night to savor her win in the Cook County Board president’s race before beginning the difficult task of digging the county out of its ugly financial situation. “We’ll start putting together a team that will begin mapping out some of the changes that need to be made,” […]