Members of the Cook County Democratic Party meet Friday to choose an interim replacement for the late county Clerk Karen Yarbrough, who died earlier this month. Seventeen interested applicants sent their credentials to the party by the Wednesday deadline, including several County Board members, a sitting state senator and the current clerk of Evanston. Yarbrough’s passing came too late for .
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Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, who was recently hospitalized for a serious medical condition, has died. She was 73.
Yarbrough passed away Sunday afternoon, according to Sally Daly, deputy clerk of.
Yarbrough's spokesperson did not say when Yarbrough was hospitalized or what her condition is. Chief Deputy Clerk Cedric Giles is managing the office's day-to-day responsibilities in the meantime.
Lawmakers will return to Springfield this week for the second half of their fall veto session, giving advocates of a tax credit program for private school scholarships one last chance to push for its extension before it s set to expire at the end of the year.