Cook County Business
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Prepaying your property taxes? When Trump signs bill makes little differenceDec 21, 2017 12:00 am - Suburban county treasurers have been swamped with phone calls, emails and visits from people wanting to prepay property tax bills ahead of the biggest rewrite of the fed...
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Suburbs escape national Christmas tree shortageDec 08, 2017 4:30 am - Bucking a trend of shortages in many parts of the United States, suburban residents are not having a problem finding a live Christmas tree. No less an authority than the...
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Why comic books were banned in Mount ProspectDec 04, 2017 10:00 pm - Editor's note: Mike Korcek, former sports information director at Northern Illinois University, and Gary Colabuono, former owner of Moondog comics, put together this acc...
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Cook County soda tax's wounds are permanent, some businesses sayDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - Vijay Patel says the short-lived Cook County sweetened beverage tax, which expired Friday, probably had a permanent negative effect on business at the Subway restaurant ...
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Arlington Heights lawyer honored for mentoring, advising other attorneysNov 28, 2017 7:00 am - Arlington Heights attorney Ernie Blomquist has served as the village's prosecutor for 40 years, but he still draws on his roots as a teacher. Before his law career, Blom...
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As Illinois roads crumble, gas tax revenue to fix them keeps decliningNov 16, 2017 12:00 am - As roads and bridges in Illinois crumble, so too does the primary source of revenue the state relies on to fix them - the gas tax. Illinois adds 19 cents to the pump pri...
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Cook County approves tax incentives in Elk Grove, SchaumburgNov 15, 2017 12:00 am - Cook County commissioners Wednesday approved tax incentives for two businesses in Elk Grove Village and Schaumburg. The first proposal was a Class 6b tax incentive for C...
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FEMA denies aid for flood victims in Cook, Lake, McHenry and Kane countiesNov 14, 2017 12:00 am - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided against helping victims of last summer's record flooding in the Chicago area. In a letter to Illinois Gov. Bruce Raun...
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Why the Cook County soda tax failedOct 14, 2017 1:00 am - Tim Schneider and his three Republican counterparts on the Cook County Board spent much of this year trying to convince Democratic colleagues a penny-per-ounce sweetened...
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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...