Mount Prospect Business
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Add about 10% to cost of pop: Cook County OKs soda taxNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - The Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday narrowly passed a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages, but only after Board President Toni Preckwinkle came in...
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Two suburban insulation installers compete to be 'America's Best'Nov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Two suburban men who install insulation for a living have a shot at winning $10,000 in a national competition this week. Jim Lutchen of Wilkin Insulation Co. in Mount Pr...
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Mount Prospect Ice Arena restaurant gets liquor licenseNov 04, 2016 1:00 am - Mount Prospect village board members this week granted a liquor license to a restaurant soon to be opened at the Mount Prospect Ice Arena, 1501 Feehanville Drive. The li...
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Harper College to honor five distinguished alumniNov 01, 2016 1:00 am - A pair of local school leaders, a Hollywood cinematographer and the founder of an organization supporting people with spinal injuries will be among the Harper College gr...
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Candidates differ on whether MWRD land should be leased out or soldNov 01, 2016 1:00 am - A Green Party candidate for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago said the agency's land ownership and leasing practices are not providing full ...
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Suburbs consider opting out of Cook County minimum wage hikeOct 26, 2016 1:00 am - Leaders of several Northwest suburbs said they'll consider opting out of a measure gradually increasing the minimum wage in Cook County to $13 an hour by 2020. Cook Coun...
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Cook County could vote to raise minimum wageOct 25, 2016 1:00 am - Cook County could raise the minimum wage Wednesday, though it would take effect in the suburbs a year later than in Chicago. A county board committee Tuesday voted to ul...
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Mount Prospect sales taxes exceed property taxes for first timeOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - Mount Prospect mayor touts retail resurgence
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Merge or not? Voters have final say in recorder, clerk officesOct 18, 2016 1:00 am - When Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough goes before county commissioners Wednesday with her office's proposed budget, she isn't quite sure what to say. After ...
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Why cost of soda could surge in Cook CountyOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - Soda drinkers in Cook County will feel a pop in their wallets if a penny-per-ounce tax on "sweetened beverages" is approved by the county board. The new tax is the cente...