County Budget Downgrades Emergency Room Services, Closes South Side Clinics

This story also appeared in South Side Weekly On Tuesday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s $6.9 billion budget for 2021. The budget closes a shortfall of more than $400 million with funds from the county’s general reserve, eliminations of vacant jobs, more than a hundred layoffs at Cook County Health (CCH), clinic […]