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Preckwinkle’s first budget to force up to 2,000 layoffs

Posted on February 01, 2011

Crain’s Chicago Business

In this blog entry, Greg Hinz discusses Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle’s proposed FY2011 County budget, which calls for significant personnel reductions to help reduce a large budget gap. The Civic Federation says the proposed budget includes major structural reforms and matches revenue with expenses.