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Recent News About Cook County
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Lawsuit alleges DCFS ‘willfully and wrongly’ left children locked up
A federal lawsuit charges Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) officials “willfully and wrongly” left dozens of children under the care of the agency locked away in juvenile jails even after some of them had been ordered released to their guardian.
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Bailey: 'To come here into Illinois and to add the FOID card, and to continue to add these restrictions, that's an infringement'
State Sen. Darren Bailey is among the growing list of lawmakers to come out against new legislation.
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Pritzker's office: 'The assault weapons ban is the law of Illinois'
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office is fighting back against resistance to the state's new assault weapons ban.
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Mazzochi on 'Paid Leave for All Workers Act': 'What it’s going to mean is that more businesses close, more businesses can’t survive, and the very people you are trying to protect won’t have jobs at all'
Illinois State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi recently joined the chorus of Springfield lawmakers expressing concern that a bill that gives paid leave to all Illinois workers will be bad for small businesses across the state.
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Stoller: 'Illinois Democrats are in a race to pass the most extreme abortion laws in the nation'
Illinois State Sen. Win Stoller is at a loss to understand why democrats in Springfield seem to seeking the identity he thinks they are when it comes to abortion.
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Bailey: 'I, and millions of other gun owners in this state will not comply'
Darren Bailey , State Senator of GOP, GOP said Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey is vowing not to comply with a new statewide ban on assault-style weapons. on Jan 10th.
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Bailey on abortion measure: 'This is wrong. God help us'
State Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) is blasting Gov. J. B. Pritzker over his signing of a law on Jan. 13 that protects reproductive and gender-affirming health care patients and providers from legal action originating across state lines.
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From Chicago City Wire
Analysis: Chicago metro area has highest foreclosure rates among Illinois urban areas
Kendall County in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) recorded the highest foreclosure rate for Illinois MSAs during the first quarter of the year, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property data.
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Public employee tally: Bottom 25 counties in Illinois
DuPage is among the Illinois counties that employ the fewest government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.
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Author finds common ground lessons in 'Creating the Declaration of Independence'
David Shestokas says the United States needs the lessons of his new novel, Creating the Declaration of Independence.
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Tuskegee NEXT project fundraiser to be held at DuPage Airport
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin said on Monday that they are holding a fundraiser for the Tuskegee NEXT 2025 Project.