Park Ridge Business
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Soda tax expected to be repealed by near-unanimous marginOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County Board commissioners are expected to repeal the unpopular penny-per-ounce sweetened beverage tax this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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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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Suburbs could lose $100M in business taxes to stateSep 13, 2017 5:12 am - The school year has just started and Northwest Suburban High School District 214 officials are already plugging another budget hole created by the state's financial cris...
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Vote delayed on Cook County soda tax repealSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County's controversial sweetened beverage tax will stay in place for at least another month after a vote to repeal it was delayed Wednesday. The delay indicated a ...
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The University of Illinois Extension is Hiring SNAP-Ed Community WorkersSep 12, 2017 11:00 pm - University of Illinois Extension of Lake County has 2 full-time positions open for SNAP-Ed EXT-Community Workers. To apply visit: www.jobs.illinois.edu. Apply by Septemb...
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Cook County soda tax repeal vote could be delayedSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - A motion to repeal Cook County's controversial sweetened beverage tax could be introduced on Wednesday, but there's no guarantee the measure will come up for a vote anyt...
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Poll shows voters upset with beverage tax commissionersSep 06, 2017 1:00 am - Voters could cap the re-election bids of four Cook County commissioners from Chicago over their support for the sweetened beverage tax, a new poll suggests. The latest i...
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Poll shows voters upset with beverage tax commissionersSep 05, 2017 11:00 pm - Voters could cap the re-election bids of four Cook County commissioners from Chicago over their support for the sweetened beverage tax, a new poll suggests. The latest i...
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Krishnamoorthi pushes for more federal funding for career programsSep 04, 2017 8:00 am - An effort to expand and modernize career, technical and vocational education programs nationwide could benefit local community colleges and high schools, its sponsors sa...