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2021 Cook County Budget
Facing a historic $410 million budget gap opened by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in October submitted a $6.9 billion proposal for the county’s 2021 budget. Her plan avoids tax increases and mass layoffs by cutting hundreds of vacant positions and dipping into the county’s reserve funds. Following a week of hearings, county commissioners are submitting their proposed amendments to the budget proposal and plan to vote on a final plan on Nov. 24.
Yarbrough ‘hopeful’ recorder’s office staffers will be rehired; Foxx resumes cannabis expungementsBy Alex Nitkin
Sheriff’s Office budget rollbacks should be reversed next year, Dart saysBy Alex Nitkin
Cook health system leaders sound fiscal alarm: ‘We are no longer cutting what we can live without’By Alex Nitkin
Commissioners glide through day 1 of county budget hearings, portending no-drama approvalBy Alex Nitkin
Cook County Chief Financial Officer Ammar Rizki presents the proposed $6.9 billion county budget for 2021.
Yarbrough, SEIU at impasse over potential job losses in assumption of recorder deeds employeesBy Alex Nitkin
Cook County Clerk chief legal counsel Sisavanh Baker speaks to commissioners during a meeting of the county board’s Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Wednesday.
Preckwinkle touts restorative justice in budget that slashes court, jail funding: ‘We cannot police our wayBy Alex Nitkin
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle outlines her proposed spending plan for the 2021 fiscal year. [Cook County]
Cook County to raid reserves, cut vacant positions to avoid tax hikes or major layoffs in 2021By Alex Nitkin
Cook County’s $1.9 billion general fund, which funds most of the county’s non-health related programming, shrank slightly from 2021.
Imminent merger of Clerk, Recorder of Deeds offices will save county millions, officials sayBy Alex Nitkin
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough’s office is scheduled to assume the duties of the Recorder of Deeds’ office, currently led by Ed Moody, in December.
County resolves to ‘redirect’ dollars away from law enforcement, labeled a ‘failed system’By Alex Nitkin
Commissioners debate the “Justice for Black Lives” resolution during a meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday.
Stranded by Congress, County leaders confront budget crunch ahead of summer’s last board meeting: ‘This is it’By Alex Nitkin
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Friday; Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29) in 2018 [Facebook]
Foxx warns of budget cut consequences, rejects ‘simplistic narrative’ linking courts to crime spikeBy Alex Nitkin
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx speaks to commissioners during a virtual budget hearing on Tuesday.
Cook County Jail, court system face budget reckoning as commissioners mull shifting funding from policingBy Alex Nitkin
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart speaks during a county budget hearing on Tuesday.
Public Defender blasts CPD; Clerk Brown promises anti-patronage ‘roadmap’By The Daily Line Staff
Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli speaks to county commissioners during a budget hearing on Wednesday.
Commissioners to probe for cuts in county offices as budget gap forces an ‘extremely tight belt’By Alex Nitkin
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