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Toni Preckwinkle is the Cook County Board President. She was elected on Nov. 2, 2010.
Toni Preckwinkle is the Cook County Board President. She was elected on Nov. 2, 2010.
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County to reopen part of juvenile jail that was shut last year
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle is temporarily reversing her signature initiative to shrink the Juvenile Detention Center because a federally appointed administrator says there are too many youths being detained there to safely reduce its size....
Tags: Prisons, Juvenile Delinquency, Cook County Government, Justice System, Local Government
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Preckwinkle dealt setback in effort to shrink juvenile detention center
Clout StreetCook County President Toni Preckwinkle is temporarily reversing her signature initiative to shrink the Juvenile Detention Center because a federally-appointed administrator says there are too many kids being detained there to safely reduce its size....Tags: Prisons, Juvenile Delinquency, Cook County Government, Justice System, Judges
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Chicago building commission approves construction plan for school downsizing
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has yet to win approval for his push to close more than 50 public schools, but on Tuesday he got the go-ahead to spend more than $160 million for construction projects on schools this summer to accommodate the downsizing. The 11-...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, House Building, Chicago Mayor, Construction
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By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
Change of SubjectFriday's print column A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the...... -
County unveils millions in suburban roadway projects
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced in Schaumburg on Thursday 21 upcoming roadway improvement projects resulting in $35 million of construction throughout the suburbs. Among them will be a $3 million project patching 3.1 miles of...
Tags: Roselle, Schaumburg, Deborah Sims, Highway Transportation, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
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Evans makes a bad call
Change of SubjectIn the posts below you will another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist Dear Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans: Brace yourself. That’s all I can say, since you ignored... -
Preckwinkle announces $35 million roadwork in suburbs
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Thursday in Schaumburg 21 roadway improvement projects resulting in $35 million of construction throughout the suburbs. Among them will be a $3 million project patching 3.1 miles of Schaumburg...
Tags: Roselle, Schaumburg, Travel, Highway Transportation, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
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Michelle Obama: Violence against kids 'personal'
As politicians in Washington took a step toward tightening the nation's gun laws Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Chicago high school students whose stories about violence brought her to tears. Before the meeting began at Harper High...Tags: Barack Obama, Students, Teaching and Learning, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Jim Reynolds
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Common sense locked out in Cook County Jail dispute
Change of SubjectJudges, not law enforcement officials, need to take responsibility for which prisoners get released on home monitoring Friday's print column Something extremely odd happened in the Cook County criminal court system in November: Suddenly, and without... -
Dart v. Evans v. Preckwinkle
Change of SubjectOriginally published April 17; moved to the top of the blog because it's the subject of my Friday print column. I've been meaning to get to this extraordinary spat on "Chicago Tonight" earlier this month. WTTW-Ch. 11 invited Cook County...... -
Chicago center brings meditative mindset to combating youth violence
Most of the CeaseFire interrupters sat up in their chairs and closed their eyes, following the quiet direction of the small man in yellow and orange robes at the head of the conference table. "Allow your mind to feel the way you feel," Sakyong Mipham...
Tags: Politics, Students, West Loop, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Teaching and Learning
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Judge did right thing by banning cellphones in courtrooms
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans kept hearing complaints from his judges about street gangs in their courtrooms using cellphones to photograph witnesses. "They're bold and they're brash," Evans told me the other day. "They think they can do it in...
Tags: Criminals, Lisa Madigan, Prosecution, Justice System, Murder
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