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Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas releases her annual look at local government debt for pensions and other costs, and though it's especially high in city, it's rising faster in the suburbs. Greg Hinz On Politics With taxpayer anger over property taxes quickly rising, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is out with her annual look at one the major factors driving those tax hikes: local government debt, especially for pensions. The news is not good, though for a change debt on a percentage basis is rising faster in the suburban portion of the county than in Chicago. Debt and liabilities accrued by all suburban units of...