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Comptroller reports $203.5 million favorable General Fund variance; Cook County Health posts mixed results
Summary
Comptroller Cyril Thomas told the Cook County Finance Committee the General Fund had a $203.5 million favorable variance for the month ending Dec. 31, 2025, driven largely by higher-than-expected sales tax receipts; Cook County Health reported favorable revenue timing but $50.8 million of accelerated expenses.
Cyril Thomas, Cook County comptroller, reported to the Finance Committee that for the one-month period ending Dec. 31, 2025 the General Fund showed a favorable net budget variance of $203.5 million, composed of a $186.5 million favorable revenue variance and a $17.0 million favorable expense variance.
"The General Fund had a favorable net budget variance of $203,500,000," Thomas said, and he attributed the revenue upside primarily to sales tax receipts coming…
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