Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle gives her 2024 budget address on Oct. 5, 2023. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle introduced a $9.89 billion budget proposal for 2025 in an address during a special meeting of the board Thursday. 

The proposed budget would be 6.8 percent higher than the $9.26 billion budget approved last year and does not raise taxes, fines or fees.