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Cook County offers to chip in on food costs for migrants, approves delay to paid-leave mandate for schools, parks

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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle wants to pay for food for migrants. The proposal would not add to the county's bottom line. This is the first time the county will help pay for new migrant arrivals in Chicago. The latest health stress on the system is a measles outbreak that has hit Pilsen.

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Cook County offers to chip in on food costs for migrants, approves delay to paid-leave mandate for schools, parks

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has proposed chipping in as much as $70 million to help cover the city of Chicago’s cost to feed migrants in the city’s intake and shelter system and potentially pay for other expenses. The proposal is part of Preckwinkle’s commitment, along with Gov. J.B. Pritzker, to help pay for expected costs of new migrant arrivals in Chicago this year. This is the first time the county will help pay for food. Un…

2 months ago·Chicago, United States

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