Less than five weeks before the November general election, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has good news for taxpayers and voters alike: There are no new taxes or tax hikes in her proposed $8.75 billion budget for 2023.
Preckwinkle is offering bold spending plans, thanks to roughly $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money the county has to spend over multiple years. But she needs workers to pull those plans off, and faces more than 4,000 vacancies. She also wants to hire more than 200 additional employees.
