Cook County Business
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Candidates for Hanover Park president debate bringing back 1% municipal grocery taxMar 07, 2025 12:18 pm - Both candidates for Hanover Park village president see a different answer to the question of how to address the state’s decision to stop imposing a 1% grocery tax on municipalities’ behalf now that each has the authority to have its own.
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Palatine approves charging stations at Deer Grove CentreMar 07, 2025 9:50 am - The Palatine village council approved four dual-use electric vehicle charging stations within the Deer Grove Centre parking lot.
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Differing opinions among South Barrington candidates on controversial church planMar 07, 2025 6:40 am - A candidate for South Barrington’s village board has criticized how village officials handled a controversial proposal to build a church and religious school on vacant land in town. Other candidates defended the way the village dealt with the matter, which now is in legal limbo.
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Mount Prospect program aims to reduce single-use plasticsMar 06, 2025 5:14 pm - Mount Prospect is working with local restaurants to reduce reliance on single-use plastics.
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United Way of Lake County names next CEOMar 06, 2025 3:35 pm - United Way of Lake County’s board has appointed Quinton Snodgrass as its next president and chief executive officer, effective April 1.
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Trump’s trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and economic growthMar 06, 2025 12:27 pm - President Donald Trump’s ever-changing, on-again, off-again tariff war with America’s three biggest trading partners – Mexico, Canada and China — is baffling businesses and causing them to delay or cancel the investments that help drive economic growth. Trade wars complicate the decisions businesses have to make – which suppliers to use, where to locate factories, what prices to charge.
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The Greggory brings American classics with Mediterranean flair to South BarringtonMar 06, 2025 11:59 am - The Greggory, a new Mediterranean-influenced American restaurant with live-fire cooking, opens Friday in the Arboretum of South Barrington.
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Kane County Chair makes pitch for $51 million sales tax referendumMar 06, 2025 11:39 am - Kane County voters will consider a 0.75% retail sales tax increase on the April 1 ballot, a request from the county intended to bring in $51 million in revenue to support public safety.
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A cultural journey: With Stumara, husband-and-wife team brings Georgian cuisine to WheelingMar 05, 2025 10:06 am - Stumara, which recently won a 2025 Jean Banchet Award for Best Heritage Restaurant, brings Georgian food, wine and culture to a strip mall in Wheeling.
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Bakeries filled with customers on Paczki DayMar 04, 2025 1:02 pm - The doors of Northwest Suburban bakeries were given quite a workout Tuesday morning as herds of customers left with armfuls of boxes filled with pastries on Paczki Day.