Elgin Business
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Cook County soda tax dumped; Preckwinkle blames 'tax fatigue'Oct 11, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle predicted "painful" cutbacks and forecast a rough budget battle ahead as she suffered her biggest public defeat yet with Wednesday...
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Jim Gaffigan on growing up in the suburbs, eating Hackney's onion loafOct 10, 2017 5:30 am - When comedian Jim Gaffigan thinks back to his childhood years in Elgin and Barrington, his thoughts immediately turn to one thing. It's not his years at Barrington's Ros...
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Hoffman Estates OKs Holiday Inn Express next to Cabela'sOct 10, 2017 5:30 am - Hoffman Estates officials on Monday night unanimously approved construction of a 121-room Holiday Inn Express hotel immediately south of the Cabela's store in the Prairi...
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Early 15-1 vote to repeal soda tax; tax marijuana instead?Oct 10, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County commissioners leading the charge to repeal the much-maligned sweetened beverage tax are grappling with how to make up the money, with one suggesting legalizi...
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Monarch Landing Introduces New Executive DirectorOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Mark Trnka remembers when Monarch Landing was first being built 12 years ago. "I've always been aware of the community, and people said that I should throw my resume int...
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Soda tax expected to be repealed by near-unanimous marginOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County Board commissioners are expected to repeal the unpopular penny-per-ounce sweetened beverage tax this week by a near-unanimous margin, a process that begins w...
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Several suburbs offering sites for Amazon's second headquartersOct 05, 2017 1:00 am - Suburbs far and wide are interested in getting a piece of the Amazon pie. The Seattle-based online behemoth last month announced it's looking for a second corporate head...
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Will John Daley's flip on Cook County soda tax lead to repeal?Oct 05, 2017 1:00 am - John Daley on Thursday became the first Cook County commissioner to publicly switch sides on the contentious issue of the county's tax on sweetened beverages, telling th...
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Schaumburg company pays $1 million in fraud caseOct 04, 2017 1:00 am - A Schaumburg construction company will repay the state $1 million for falsifying payroll records on public works projects, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednes...
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CDK Global, CarGurus partner for dealer marketing solutionsOct 04, 2017 1:00 am - CDK Global in Hoffman Estates announced a partnership with CarGurus, an online automotive marketplace, that gives auto dealers using CDK websites exposure for their ...