Toni Preckwinkle pitches a $9 billion Cook County budget with no new taxes, fees or hikes
The county’s CEO is prioritizing migrant health care and wants to tap reserves to keep some other programs after federal pandemic relief dollars end.
The county’s CEO is prioritizing migrant health care and wants to tap reserves to keep some other programs after federal pandemic relief dollars end.
The county was already helping rent the former hotels in Evanston and Oak Park. The plan won approval from a county board committee, though some commissioners want low-income south suburbs prioritized.
Research shows midwives help improve outcomes for both parent and child. But hospitals across the Chicago area are not investing in midwife programs.
Hospital union workers are seeking better pay and more staff. The report details how a patient died after being left alone in the emergency room.
Right now there’s a patchwork of coordination. In many cases the Chicago Abortion Fund and doctors race to find appointments by texting and emailing each other.
Volunteers have been organizing to help asylum-seekers in Chicago and many seek donations from the public.
County officials attribute the increase to pay hikes for its 19,000 employees to help keep and recruit more government workers.
We sent reporters into one community to understand what’s at stake — and found a fabric of everyday Chicagoans helping migrants build new lives.
A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Illinois will no longer report the specific state where out-of-state abortion patients live.
Even in states that allow abortion if the life of the mother is in danger, doctors say fear of prosecution is leading many to send high-risk patients to Illinois.