• Cook County’s $1.9 billion general fund, which funds most of the county’s non-health related programming, shrank slightly from 2021.


    Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle plans to cut nearly 700 vacant positions and spend tens of millions in cash reserves in order to close the county’s $410 million projected 2021 budget gap without tax hikes or widespread layoffs.

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