The Cook County Health & Hospitals System plans to hire up to 85 nurses and front-line health care workers in coming months as the cash-strapped public hospital system tries to boost patient satisfaction in preparation for national health care changes.
Since 1980, more than 12,000 indigent and unclaimed bodies have been buried in mass graves at Homewood Memorial Gardens. Sheriff Tom Dart says it's virtually impossible to figure out where any one individual is located - meaning some crimes may never be solved, and many families may never have the solace of finding their loved one.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says there's no question: If the county morgue had better management there wouldn't be a pileup of bodies there. So Preckwinkle has assigned senior members of her staff to spend the day there.
In a strongly-worded letter to the nation's immigration chief, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says the controversial new jail policy she championed doesn't put public safety at risk.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle wants an independent investigation into the weekend death of a teenage inmate at the county's juvenile detention center.
