Tirrell Paxton said he would prioritize identifying waste and mismanagement, compliance with political hiring guidelines under the Shakman decree and allegations of discrimination and sexual harassment.
Using some of the federal dollars Cook County received to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic, county commissioners Thursday OK’d spending nearly $14 million to transform two suburban hotels into shelters for people who are homeless and $8 million on a water bill relief plan. The board voted to award a $7 million, no-interest, fully forgivable 30-year loan to Connections for the Homeless Inc. so .
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Ten months after announcing but then stalling a grant program to help small businesses that struggled during the pandemic, Cook County is preparing to relaunch it. The so-called Source Grow Grant program, announced last September, was halted after a white business owner sued, claiming it was discriminatory and treated applicants “differently based on their owners’ race, and specifically .