Preckwinkle agrees to fewer Cook County job cuts; hundreds of layoffs still in works
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle agreed Monday to scale back some of the hundreds of layoffs she proposed, a change that was being negotiated just a day before the vote on her $5.2 billion budget plan. If approved, the eleventh-hour changes would save 22 public guardian staffers, 12...