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Southtown Star Editorial
Better government does not need invention as much as more common sense. So we have nothing but a positive reaction to a plan by Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey (D-Chicago).
His plan, unveiled last week, to use…
By Chuck Goudie, ABC 7
In this Intelligence Report: New legislation will be proposed that would shift some responsibility for the handling of unidentified bodies and indigent remains in Cook County.
The restructuring comes almost four months after a series…
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Fritchey to go to new heights for charity
Commissioner to join others in rappel down downtown hotel
CHICAGO – Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey (D-12th) will be joined by nearly 100 other adventurous Chicagoans this weekend when…
Southtown Star Editorial
You might’ve missed it amid the political controversy over the Cook County morgue’s operation, but county commissioners last week denied voters the chance to eliminate an unnecessary county office.
By a 9 to 8 vote, with Commissioner…
 
By John Byrne, Chicago Tribune
The Cook County Board on Thursday voted against giving voters the option of doing away with the recorder of deeds office.
The measure to include a referendum on the November ballot asking voters if the recorder’s…
By Lisa Donovan, Chicago Sun-Times
Cook County commissioners Thursday abolished the medical examiner’s open-ended term of office and laid out exactly how the morgue chief could be fired.
The moves come on the heels of staff complaints about the “sacrilegious”…
By Shia Kapos, Crain’s
Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey, Ald. Matthew O’Shea and restaurateur Phil Stefani will take the Polar Plunge into Lake Michigan this weekend to benefit Chicago Special Olympics.
The Chicago Polar Plunge will be held Sunday at North Avenue Beach.
Mr.…
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