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Marcelino Garcia sole Latino candidate for countywide office in Cook County
Last week, the Cook County Democratic Party's candidate-endorsement process ended without any Latinos backed by the party in top-of-the-ticket countywide elections.
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Dabrowski: ‘Blue officials have run nearly all the homicide hotspots for decades’
A new Wirepoints report has challenged the prevailing notion that "red" state-level leadership and policies are to blame for the surge in homicides and violent crime across the United States.
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ICYMI: Rep. Kelly Celebrates Groundbreaking of Dixmoor Water Infrastructure Project
In case you missed it, Congresswoman Kelly was joined by Congressman Jonathan Jackson, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Village of Dixmoor to break ground on a new water main project.
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Cook County's Foxx will not run for third term as state's attorney: 'I'm really proud of the work that we have done'
Kim Foxx, states' attorney of Cook County, has announced that she will not be running for a third term in 2024.
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Kim Foxx should be front and center in blame game over city’s violence, Chicago FOP says
Chicago’s police union believes that one city official is missing from the mix in the recent back-and-forth between Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson and Mayor Lori Lightfoot over where the blame lies for the city’s relentless wave of violent crime – Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.
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Cook County landlords to have limits imposed on criminal background checks of potential tenants
The Cook County Board recently passed ordinances that would limit the practice of asking possible tenants about their criminal backgrounds.
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Why are your Chicago property taxes rising? CPS hiked city property tax bills 50 percent over 20 years, while enrollment shrunk
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) served 22,000 fewer students last year than it did two decades ago.