Cook County
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Why only Cook County homeowners are getting a bigger tax exemptionOct 11, 2017 5:30 am - Cook County homeowners are getting a property tax break that their counterparts in other counties aren't. The $7,000 homeowners exemption and $5,000 senior citizen exemp...
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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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Remembering Mount Prospect's Zenith radio towersOct 10, 2017 11:00 pm - Ask any Mount Prospect long-timer and one of the most universal local memories they have is of the pair of Zenith radio towers that once stood at the corner of Central a...
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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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4-year sentence stands for Schaumburg mom who killed disabled daughterOct 10, 2017 1:00 am - The Schaumburg mom convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of her severely disabled daughter was dealt another blow in her attempt to have her ...
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Mount Prospect's Fall Fest/Oktoberfest offers seasonal fun for all agesOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Back in 2005, Mount Prospect debuted its Fall Fest event on the south side of the train tracks at the intersection of Wille Street and Prospect Avenue with the goal of p...
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Buffalo Grove High School to present 'Peter and the Starcatcher'Oct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove High School Theater Arts Program presents a new adaptation of the classic "Peter Pan" in its fall play, "Peter and the Starcatcher." This century-old...
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Soda tax expected to be repealed by near-unanimous marginOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County Board commissioners are expected to repeal the unpopular penny-per-ounce sweetened beverage tax this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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Votes to repeal Cook County soda tax said to be veto-proofOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - Republican Cook County Board commissioners are claiming victory in the battle over the much-maligned sweetened beverage tax. Commissioner Sean Morrison, a Palos Park Rep...
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Cook County sheriff moves to fire 9 employees in wake of courthouse rapeOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - Sheriff Thomas Dart announced Friday he intends to terminate nine Markham courthouse employees determined to have allowed the rape of a female detainee by two male detai...