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Voters favored slated candidates for school boards in Glenview and Northbrook in Tuesdays consolidated election.

“Their experience, dedication and professionalism make them the ideal choice.”

The county that incorporates Chicago chose its chief administrative officer, Tanya Anthony, to take over the top fiscal post after a national search.

Cook County projects a surplus this year and a $18.2 million gap for fiscal 2023 while it readies two bond sales.

Ammar Rizki, CFO of the nation's most populous county, is leaving for the Obama Foundation, which is building the Obama presidential library on Chicago's South Side.

Ammar Rizki was chief financial officer for Cook County for nearly five years.

The proposed budget taps one-third of Cook's $1 billion in federal COVID relief, makes a supplemental pension contribution and holds the line on taxes and fees.

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Video gambling license and terminal fees located in unincorporated areas of the county temporarily would be cut in half as part of a coronavirus relief package for businesses the Cook County Board approved Thursday. For the rest of the year, applications for video gambling licenses will cost $250 instead of $500, while the per terminal fee that operators pay will drop from $1,000 each to $500. The fee reductions would cost the county about $74,500, officials said.

Over the past 11 months of the pandemic, Cook County directed more than 40% of its federal stimulus money toward labor costs for the sheriff’s office, drawing alarm from Black activists who have renewed calls to reallocate law enforcement spending since the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.