Preckwinkle touts a Cook County budget with no new taxes — but recession worries and post-pandemic funding hits loom

Preckwinkle touts a Cook County budget with no new taxes — but recession worries and post-pandemic funding hits loom

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is set to unveil her $8.75 billion budget Thursday morning, free of any new taxes or fees. The announcement comes the same day that applications open for the county’s $42 million guaranteed income pilot — one of several federal COVID-19 relief-funded initiatives she’s announced over roughly the past year.

Preckwinkle, a Democrat, is running for a fourth term leading the county board against Republican nominee Bob Fioretti and Libertarian Thea Tsatsos. “Through judicious financial management, we are working to create a better tomorrow that isn’t at the expense of today,” Preckwinkle said in a […]

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