Cook County
Recent News About Cook County
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Ugaste warns more trouble could be brewing with the state's 'poorly funded' pension system
Illinois Rep. Dan Ugaste took to Facebook on July 3 to express his worries that the worst may still be to come with the state's embattled pension system.
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Pritzker says 'we need a national gun ban,' as state gun debate plays out in Illinois' courts
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is throwing his support behind a push for a federal gun ban, despite the gun and magazine ban he seeks to impose in Illinois remaining mired in legal debate.
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Pritzker: 'Together, we are building an environmentally and economically prosperous future'
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity have steered $6 million in funding to the Energy Transition Navigators Program.
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Pritzker administration pauses enrollment in immigrant healthcare program
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is facing pushback from immigrant rights groups after signing off on legislation to pause enrollment in the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program as of July 1.
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Wilcox: Budget ‘out of touch with the issues that are most important to everyday Illinoisans’
State Sen. Craig Wilcox, R-McHenry, is putting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new state spending plan in his crosshairs, calling it little more than tricks and gimmicks in a post on his website.
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Sen. McConchie: 'The people of Cook County should feel a bit of relief'
Illinois state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) said he wants to make sure Cook County's next state's attorney will hold criminals accountable now that current State's Attorney Kim Foxx has announced that she won't seek another term.
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Ugaste: 'I’m so sorry to hear about the tragic shooting that occurred last night in Geneva that killed two people'
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-St. Charles) is expressing regrets and is sending condolences following a murder-suicide shooting in Geneva on on June 14.
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Ugaste: ‘Illinoisans deserve better than smoke and mirrors and this disgraceful budgetary circus’
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) has called the fiscal year 2024 budget that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed on June 7 the result of a “budgetary circus.”
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State Rep. McLaughlin: 'I am all for building a new Bears stadium... but to do so without using taxpayers’ money'
Illinois State Representative Martin McLaughlin (R) published a statement regarding the potential construction of a new Chicago Bears stadium on his website on Tuesday.
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McLaughlin apologizes to taxpayers for late-night pay raise approval
State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Lake Barrington) is criticizing lawmakers for granting themselves a pay raise within the recently passed $50.6 billion spending plan in Illinois.
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Wilcox: 'The reinstatement of this Act is a definite step in the right direction'
Republican Illinois State Sen. Craig Wilcox has thrown his support behind the state's Blue Collar Jobs Act
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Pritzker: 'Including Native American history in the classroom … ensures students are given the tools to understand and empathize with one another.'
Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to sign a bill requiring the state's public schools to teach Midwestern Native American history starting in the 2024-25 school year.
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Gov Pritzker: 'What the law says is that as of Jan. 1 of 2024, that people will need to fill out the affidavit that they have one of those guns'
GOP state lawmakers in Illinois are hitting Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker with claims that he entrapped citizens of the state who bought certain semi-automatic firearms during the six-day window when the state’s gun ban was blocked by a federal court.
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Schmidt: ‘We must take stronger action to restore ethical behavior in Springfield’
Illinois State Rep. Kevin Schmidt hopes the guilty verdicts reached in the ComEd bribery trial will serve as a springboard to much needed ethics reform in Springfield.
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Pritzker tells business leaders that state provides third most skilled workers in nation, saying state is 'at the top of the heap' in skilled workers
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently assured business leaders from across the state that the current business climate was improving under his leadership, adding that Illinois is outperforming much of the country when it comes to producing skilled workers.
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State Sen. Wilcox: 'Are we really telling women in 2023 that men make better women than they do'
Illinois State Senator Craig Wilcox (R) spoke out against allowing transgender girls to participate in girls' sports
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Ugaste: 'I wish that the President would spend his time attending to more pressing matters'
President Joe Biden’s announcement about altering the parameters of Title IX to allow boys to compete on girls’ sports teams isn’t sitting well with some people on the other side of the political aisle.
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Ugaste on cyber scams: 'Illinois had the nation's fifth highest number of reported victims of cyber fraud last year'
Cyber crime has been sweeping the nation, and a recent report by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center found that Illinois was near the top of the list for the largest number of victims.
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Major companies announce departure from Illinois
Several companies announced they are leaving the state of Illinois over the course of the last year, with these departures coming more than 10 years after Caterpillar’s CEO Doug Oberhelman said that Illinois is not attracting businesses.
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Ugaste joining GOP drive for business reforms to keep companies in state: 'Illinois has incredible natural strengths and resources'
State Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, is joining the charge by GOP legislators to push for business reforms intended to keep companies in Illinois.