Cook County
Recent News About Cook County
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New office for Wilcox: 'The Woodstock Square draws a great deal of visitor traffic'
State Sen.Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) has relocated his district office from McHenry to the Woodstock square, according to a news release.
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McLaughlin: 'At 622 schools across Illinois, only 1 out of 10 kids or less can read at grade level'
Illinois State Representative Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) commented on statistics showing Illinois students underperforming in a recent Facebook post.
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Rep. Wilhour: ‘We’re spending record money, we’re just not seeing the results’
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour opposes Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s "Smart Start Illinois" budget plan, which includes an additional $250 million in educational spending.
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Wilcox: Pritzker is ‘of touch with everyday Illinoisans’
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) blasted Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s recently proposed spending plan as being “irresponsible” and “out-of-touch” with the state’s residents.
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McLaughlin proposes legislation to amend Legislative Information System: 'This is a straightforward proposal which puts the interests of our constituents at the forefront'
State Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Lake Barrington, recently filed legislation targeting the tracking and maintenance of constituent witness slips filed on legislation as it winds thro8gh the legislative process.
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McLaughlin on decline in arrests: The 'rate of success in solving crime is down 50% from just a few years ago'
Illinois Rep. Martin McLaughlin says multiple factors are to blame for a sharp decline in arrests.
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Wilhour: 'Fewer officers by default means fewer arrests'
Illinois Rep. Blaine Wilhour blames bad police and lack of manpower for new data that shows that arrests were made for only 5% of major crimes in Chicago in 2022 – a sharp decline from 2019.
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Wilcox on Chicago arrest rate numbers: 'Gangs control the neighborhoods in the city'
Recent statistics released by the city of Chicago crime portal have shown that despite crime being up, arrest rates are down in major crimes.
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Lake County Board Legislative Committee chair: 'We’re trying to get our share of' federal funding
The Lake County Board Legislative Committee is considering hiring a lobbyist to represent its interests in Washington.
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Schmidt: 'The future of these plans hinges on getting the money you promised'
Rep. Kevin Schmidt (R-Cahokia Heights) is calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to honor the promise he made to the people of Cahokia to renovate their water disposal infrastructure.
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McLaughlin: 'There are hundreds of [children] that are not being properly served whose names and stories we don’t know'
Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-IL) recently discussed the state's scandal-plagued Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) during an interview with the Lake County Gazette.
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Illinois' Schmidt criticizes DCFS for locking up children: 'What is happening here is unacceptable. These kids deserve better'
State Rep. Kevin Schmidt has criticized the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) following a report that accuses the agency of “willfully and wrongly” leaving dozens of children locked away in juvenile jails.
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McLaughlin on disappointing unemployment rate: ‘Our state's high taxes and bad policies drive employers away’
Illinois State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) recently expressed his disappointment with unemployment figures that show Illinois ranked next to last in the United States only outperforming Nevada.
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Pritzker says 'COVID-19 has not disappeared’ amid plan to end emergency declarations
Illinois is one of eight states to still have COVID-19 disaster declarations in place nearly three years after the pandemic started. That will change in May.
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Weber warns of 'alarming 4500% rise in accidental ingestion of legalized recreational cannabis products by children'
An alarming jump of 4,500% in the number of kids suffering from accidental consumption of marijuana edibles has medical workers across the state warning adults to keep the product away from kids, state Rep. Tom Weber (R-Fox Lake) warned.
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State Rep Halbrook: 'The stove police are ready to pounce'
Illinois State Representative Brad Halbrook mocked an alleged push by the U.S. Consumer Production Safety Commission to ban gas stoves due to rising concern about potential indoor air pollutants in a Facebook post published on Friday
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Weber says DCFS must keep kids 'not just alive, but safe' amid 171 deaths last year
Illinois State Rep. Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa) says his fellow lawmakers need to take a closer look at a report that found 171 children died while in contact with the Illinois Department of Children Family Services (DCFS) in 2022.
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Swanson criticizes 'unconstitutional' legislation banning certain firearms
State Rep. Dan Swanson (R-Alpha) has criticized the new Democrat-led law banning assault rifles and called the legislation both "unconstitutional" and "bad for Illinois manufacturing."
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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.