News Archive - Jan 2015

U.S. Energy Department Award Will Enable Cook County, Partners To Identify Opportunities for Advancing Solar Power [1]

The Cook County Department of Environmental Control will receive a federal cooperative award of $1.2 million to help bring “community shared” solar power in the region. The “Solar Market Pathways” project was one of 15 awarded nationally as part... Read more [1]

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Metro Chicago Exports Appoints Thomas Hulseman as First Managing Director [4]

Appointment Announced at the Third Meeting of the Economic Development and Political Leadership of the Seven Counties of Northeast Illinois and the City of ChicagoMetro Chicago Exports (MCE) today announced the appointment of Thomas Hulseman as... Read more [4]

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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Introduces Resolution Urging the Illinois General Assembly to End the Automatic Transfer of Children to Adult Court [5]

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today introduced a resolution to the County Board urging the Illinois General Assembly to pass HB172. The bill would restore judicial discretion by ending the automatic transfer of young people charged... Read more [5]

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Cook County Board Approves Planning for Progress Strategic Plan [7]

Planning for Progress will guide Cook County’s use of an estimated $280 million in resources over the next five years. The Cook County Board of Commissioners today approved Planning for Progress, the County’s comprehensive strategic plan designed... Read more [7]

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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Outlines Second Term Agenda at the City Club of Chicago [8]

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle outlined her second term agenda during a speech today at the City Club of Chicago. “In the last four years, we have become a model of effectiveness: setting goals and working hard and working together... Read more [8]

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Cook County Crosses Million-Pound Threshold In Effort to Rid Itself of Old Paper [10]

Cook County has recycled more than one million pounds of old documents, reports and miscellaneous paperwork in the last year-and-a-half, confronting a decades-old problem of records storage as well as generating savings and revenue for the County.... Read more [10]

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