Cook County
Recent News About Cook County
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From Chicago City Wire
Analysis: Chicago metro area has highest foreclosure rates among Illinois urban areas
Kendall County in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) recorded the highest foreclosure rate for Illinois MSAs during the first quarter of the year, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property data.
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Public employee tally: Bottom 25 counties in Illinois
Lake employ the fewest government workers per capita in Illinois, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.
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Blumenthal laments Illinois' presence on top 10 tax-heavy states list
Martin “Marty” Blumenthal, a Republican candidate running for the District 58 State House seat, is not surprised by the news of Illinois’ poor tax-burden statistics recently shared by watchdog organization WalletHub.
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McConchie race too close to call
The primary race for the Republican nomination for the Illinois State Senate seat in District 26 is still a close race, with Dan McConchie retaining a slight lead with mail-in and late provisional ballots still to count
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$166 million per year on secretaries?
Cook County government’s most common job: secretary.