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New energy joins the Visit Cook County team

Cook County News Herald 14 Feb 2026
Visit Cook County is pleased to announce the hiring ...
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Tots in Cook County District 130 get a head start on school in Families First program

Chicago Tribune 13 Feb 2026
Even though they have kids who aren’t yet old enough to be in school, educators from Cook County School District 130 are lending a helping hand to parents who are struggling with “a lack of support, connection and guidance.”.
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Preckwinkle calls on top Cook County prosecutor to investigate ICE, feds involved in Chicago area shootings

Chicago Sun-Times 13 Feb 2026
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, along with more than half of the county’s commissioners, have called on Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neil Burke to file charges against federal ...
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Longtime incumbent Preckwinkle faces stiff challenge from Ald. Reilly in Cook County board president primary

Chicago Sun-Times 13 Feb 2026
to run Cook County government ... In a statement, Reilly said he wants to make sure “Cook County services are for Cook County residents,” and that the county isn’t absorbing costs from other counties.
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Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas held stock in company that has county technology deal

Chicago Tribune 12 Feb 2026
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas held stock for years in a company with a major contract working in her office, a potential violation of the county’s conflict-of-interest rules.
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Cook County prosecutors drop charges against 19 arrested during clergy-led protest at Broadview ICE facility

Chicago Sun-Times 10 Feb 2026
The Cook County sheriff’s office said the group left the “designated protest area,” and was “unlawfully assembling in the roadway.”. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office has now dropped charges in 19 of those cases.
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Cook County SA: Chicago mayor’s executive order would compromise investigations of immigration agents

The Pantagraph 09 Feb 2026
The policy chief for Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said the city’s “ICE on notice” executive order compromises potential prosecutions of federal agents by politicizing the investigations ... .
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Cook County SA: Chicago mayor\u2019s executive order would compromise investigations of immigration agents

Journal Gazette 09 Feb 2026
CHICAGO — In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the policy chief for Cook County State’s Attorney ... Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke speaks at a City Club of Chicago luncheon, Dec.
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Late Cook County property tax distributions spell trouble for libraries

Chicago Tribune 09 Feb 2026
Village library leaders have added their voices to the chorus of complaints about delayed and sporadic distributions of Cook County property tax revenues, saying the situation has drained their reserves, making it harder to hire or buy new books.
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Man, 62, is the 10th cold-related death this winter in Cook County

Chicago Sun-Times 07 Feb 2026
A 62-year-old man died Thursday in Grand Crossing, becoming the 10th person to die so far this season in Cook County, at least in part, to the cold ... 19, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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