What Scares Toni Preckwinkle About Next Year’s Cook County Budget
The Cook County Board president presented her 2020 budget Thursday. And the cost of providing free health care has her on edge.
The Cook County Board president presented her 2020 budget Thursday. And the cost of providing free health care has her on edge.
Forest Preserves leaders and advocates say they need more money to run and improve one of the largest and oldest of its kind in the nation.
For years, conservationists have been sounding the alarm that the expanse of forest preserve needs more money.
It’s the latest salvo in the ongoing conflict about the financial state of one of the country’s largest public health systems.
The Cook County Board froze property taxes 25 years ago, sparing taxpayers but leaving lots of money on the table since then.
The county’s public health system is on track to provide nearly $600 million in unreimbursed care next year.
This year the county’s public health system will provide even more medical care that it won’t get paid for than it has in years past.
Michael Cabonargi is currently a commissioner on the county’s Board of Review.
Brown tells WBEZ she plans to work in consulting and community activism, despite a federal investigation into her office.
Provident Hospital on the South Side is just a mile from prestigious University of Chicago, but county leaders see an opportunity.