Sentences with phrase «cook county board»

In 2002, Gray was finally pardoned by Governor George Ryan and received $ 120,300 in wrongful conviction compensation from Illinois, and in 2008 $ 4 million from the Cook County Board civil lawsuit settlement.

Pillars of the Chicago cultural community, including Theaster Gates, Kavi Gupta, Amy Rule, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Judith Kirschner, gathered at Hyde Park Art Center for a night of cocktails, dinner, and entertainment.

Update: Following the Chicago City Council, the Cook County Board voted unanimously to ban the sale of animals within the area, but with some restrictions and exceptions.

It's been less than two months since the Cook County Board passed the Companion Animal and Consumer Protection Act — the measure that banned the sale of puppy mill dogs and kitten mill cats in the county's 13 pet stores.

In the process, Cook County Board President Toni...

The state's attempt to end sales from breeders followed on the heels of moves by the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners to ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from large - scale professional breeders.

Instead of the workers and retirees electing a majority of the trustees of each fund, like the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund, under Cross's plan each fund would have seven trustees — four of whom would be appointed by Chicago's Mayor or the President of the Cook County Board.

Previously, the Mayor faced an even tougher fight against another potential candidate, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Ald.

He ran for an open seat on the Cook County Board that vacated by Commissioner Forrest Claypool [3].

Michael D. Rodriguez, a Latino progressive from Commissioner Jesus «Chuy» Garcia's neighborhood and committeeman of the 22nd ward, was elected as executive vice chair of the Cook County Democratic Party; a post previously held by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who just rose as the first African - American and woman elected to lead the Democratic party in the county.

Dignitaries at the event include the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Toni Preckwinkle and the Illinois State Treasurer, Mike Frerichs.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday is expected to become the first African - American and woman chosen to lead the county Democratic Party, a sign of a changing political landscape and her ability to weather a storm.

Mayor Andrew Ginther (Columbus) Mayor Bill de Blasio (NYC) Mayor Marty Walsh (Boston, MA) Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Chicago, IL) Mayor Anthony Foxx (Charlotte, NC) Mayor Richard M. Daley (Chicago, IL) Mayor John F. Street (Philadelphia, PA) Mayor Harold Washington (Chicago, IL) Mayor Dennis W. Archer (Detroit, MI) Mayor Michael R. White (Cleveland, OH) Mayor Bob Lanier (Houston, TX) Mayor Deedee Corradini (Salt Lake City, UT) Mayor Frank McDonald (Evansville, IN) Mayor Lee Brown (Houston, TX) Mayor Anthony Williams (Washington DC) Nassau County Executive, Laura Curran (NY) District Attorney Madeline Singas (Nassau County, NY) Alderman Will Burns (4th Ward — Chicago, IL) County Board President Richard Phelan (Cook County, IL) State's Attorney Richard Devine (Cook County, IL) Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo (Los Angeles, CA) Sheriff Michael Sheahan (Cook County, IL) Sheriff Tom Dart (Cook County, IL) County Clerk David Orr (Cook County, IL) Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano (Westchester, NY) Cook County Board Member Forrest Claypool

Frank W. Chesrow, 86, active in Chicago politics for 50 years, served as president of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago from 1958 to 1966 and was a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1970 to 1986.

The Cook County Board is considering a similar ordinance, but since Orland Park is a home rule municipality, it would have the option to design its own rules, Gira...

Orland Park began considering the issue after the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners banned the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from large - scale breeders...

Orland Park began considering the issue after the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board of Commissioners banned the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from large - scale breeders earlier this year in an attempt to keep pet stores from selling animals raised in puppy mills.

The Cook County Board is considering a similar ordinance, but since Orland Park is a home rule municipality, it would have the option to design its own rules, Gira said.

Richard Devine, a close associate of Mayor Richard Daley and Richard Phelan, the Democratic Party candidate for Cook County Board president, took over Tuesday as president of the Chicago Park District Board.

The first step in the process is gathering residents» signatures on petitions asking the Cook County Board of Elections to add the question to the November ballot, according to Ron Castrogiovanni, a spokesman for a group of residents.

The event will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Orland Park Civic Center, 14750 S. Ravinia Ave. Dan Patlak, a Cook County Board of Review commissioner, will lay out the appeal process and explain how property taxes are calculated.

- Devine is an attorney at Pope & John Ltd., the firm founded by Cook County Board President Richard Phelan, and recently stepped aside as president of the Chicago Park District board, a post he accepted with the backing of Mayor Richard Daley.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle cited the WHO recommendations and also said the tax would put the county on a stable financial footing.

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The increasing impact and importance of our big annual event has been underscored by the growing participation of major officeholders, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, then - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Cook County (Chicago) Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

Six of the homeowners, who live in unincorporated Cook County, questioned the board about their annexation criteria and called the action unfair.

Meanwhile, a lawsuit was filed in Cook County in hopes of ousting Price from his seat on the Harvey Park District Board.

Metra's board of directors today named a new chairman to oversee the commuter rail agency, the first time the job has gone to someone from suburban Cook County.

Finally, on Friday, Cook County Circuit Judge Roger J. Kiley Jr. ruled that Washington «s commissioners were legally entitled to serve on the board and ordered the two sides to try to work out a compromise on Kelly «s role.

A Cook County judge extended her order Wednesday that closed the lone tot lot operated by the troubled Dixmoor Park District, as she attempts to sort out who belongs on the district's beleaguered board.

The board's vote also approved a request by Park District staff to delay any major grading of the 10 soccer fields at the Cook County Forest Preserve site until the work can be considered as part of the district's master plan.

An attorney for the Salt Creek Rural Park District board has filed a petition with Cook County Circuit Court to sell 2.5 acres of land to a local business.

The Orland Park Village Board this week force - annexed 10 acres to gain zoning control over the future development of the property rather than allow it to remain under the jurisdiction of Cook County.

The Cook County Electoral Board tossed 18 - year - old Jona Augustyn from the Arlington Heights Park District ballot, making it an uncontested race for the three open seats on the district's board of commissioBoard tossed 18 - year - old Jona Augustyn from the Arlington Heights Park District ballot, making it an uncontested race for the three open seats on the district's board of commissioboard of commissioners.

Last week, the Cook County Electoral Board sustained the objection to Augustyn's candidacy following two hearings and a records examination.

Additional trustees of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Board include: Alan J. Bedenko, partner, Feldman Kieffer, LLP and a writer; Katie Burd, trustee, Kenmore Village; Frank Gist, retired Buffalo firefighter and owner of Greater Buffalo Bail Bonds Agency; Teresa Glanowski, product manager, Independent Health; Phyllis A. Horton, retired educator; Elaine M. Panty, retired City of Buffalo Water Authority; and Wayne D. Wisbaum, partner, Kavinoky Cook, LLP.

Toni Williams Office: School Board District: Thornton Township District 205 High School County: Cook Election date: 04/05/2011 Elected: Yes Number of Votes: 4,838 Percentage: 17.7 % Place: 2nd (out of 7 candidates)

Cook County Commissioner John Daley announced Thursday he'll vote to repeal the controversial soda tax, dealing a serious blow to Board President Toni Preckwinkle's attempt to keep it in place.

Mr. Ramos is a 23 - year member of the Chicago Police Department, president of the local park district advisory board and is the former Director of Homeland Security for Cook County.

In south Cook County's Argo Community High School District 217, Superintendent Kevin O'Mara wrote a letter to the state board asking to postpone the testing, saying students aren't ready.

Denver Cook announces his candidacy for the District 4 seat on the St. Johns County School Board.

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is composed of eight members and a chairperson appointed by the governor, of whom three serve as at - large members, and two each representing Cook County, the collar counties and downstate areas.

«Before the ink has even dried on Cook County's nationally praised law aimed at protecting both consumers and animal welfare by preventing the sale of dogs and cats raised in inhumane conditions, the pet industry and its allies have crafted an amendment that is designed to completely undo the good that was done when the Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to approve the animal rights legislation last month,» stated Commissioner John Fritchey, sponsor of the Cook County measure.

We will campaign harder than ever to keep the ordinance as is in Cook County and to get Orland Park on Board.»

On Friday, the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control urged pet owners to avoid not just dog parks, but group training activities, doggy day care, groomers, boarding facilities and other environments where dogs congregate or socialize until the outbreak — or epidemic, as some are calling it — subsides.

• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Member • Cook County Bar Association, Member • Habilitative Systems, Inc., Board Chairperson

The settlement, approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, must now get final approval from the Circuit Court of Cook County.

1958: PPACA begins The Big Push to introduce birth control services into Cook County Hospital and Chicago Board of Health Clinics.

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He is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and is a consultant at Cook County Hospital.