Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s executive protection detail is budgeted to cost up to $1.5 million this year.

We will stipulate this upfront. Toni Preckwinkle has had a storied career of political service in Chicago, first as 4th Ward ...

Record Cook County property tax hikes under Toni Preckwinkle expose a fundamentally broken system, benefitting insiders and ...

As she campaigns for a fifth term as Cook County Board president, Toni Preckwinkle is saying the unit of government she directly oversees hasn’t raised its base property tax levies over her 16 years ...

Cook County misspent $243 million intended for transportation, handing a victory to the state road-building industry, a judge has ruled. Cook County Judge Alison Conlon’s decision Friday concluded ...

Democratic primary battles formally launched Monday for two of Cook County’s top elected positions. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s bid for a fifth term is being challenged by Chicago ...

(The Center Square) – Legislation from the Illinois General Assembly has opened the door for Cook County to fund immigrants’ legal services with additional county taxpayer dollars. Last Thursday, the ...

Cook County taxpayers would foot a $300,000 bill under a deal that cleared a panel of county commissioners Wednesday settling an employment discrimination case in which a former county aide said she ...

Americans living in the most populous county in Illinois will be getting an additional few hundred dollars every month through a unique aid program. The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to ...

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