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The money comes from the county’s pool of $1 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funds. The program must still be approved by the Cook County Board, and local hospitals must consent to participate, but Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and partners in the project expect both to happen. So does the White House: Preckwinkle will be recognized alongside other government officials at a Thursday event for their creative use of ARP dollars.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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It’s a two-fer. Patient putts debt; doctors & hospitals get paid. Taxpayers pound sand, but what’s new?
No, the doctors and hospitals do not get paid. They have written off the debt.
Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle Wants To Tax You — To Pay Someone Else’s Deadbeat Debt
This debt company “RIP” is aptly named.