Articles filed under Cook County Board
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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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Cook County withdrawing $17 million soda-tax delay lawsuitAug 08, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County leaders are withdrawing a suit seeking $17 million in damages from a retailers organization that delayed a controversial “soda tax” by filing a legal challen...
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State cuts 2017 funds for voter registration integrityJul 31, 2017 1:00 am - Local election authorities will lose more than $4.4 million in grant funds this year that pay for, among other things, purging ineligible names from voter registration r...
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Three-quarters of suburbs have opted out of Cook County minimum wage rulesJul 07, 2017 1:00 am - Though Cook County's minimum wage and sick leave ordinances went into effect July 1, some suburbs are still debating whether to follow them. A Daily Herald survey of 134...
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Cook County minimum wage law 'satisfying' for low-wage workerJun 26, 2017 1:00 am - At 22 years old, Ryan Foster has always considered himself a hard worker when it comes to making money to sustain himself. For years, he worked minimum and low-wage jobs...
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Minimum-wage worker from Elgin: '$13 is worth fighting for'Jun 25, 2017 1:00 am - At 53 years old, Rosa Ramirez has been working minimum-wage jobs to support herself and her family since they moved to the United States 20 years ago. For 22-year-old Ry...
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6 things you need to know about Cook County's minimum wage and sick leave ordinancesJun 25, 2017 1:00 am - • They apply to businesses with at least four employees. Federal, state and local government workers, and subsidized temporary youth or transitional employment programs ...
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Why many minimum wage workers in suburbs won't be getting a raise July 1Jun 24, 2017 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story was changed to say that under the county’s sick leave ordinance, workers are eligible for up to five days of paid sick leave each year. So...
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State, not county, should manage minimum wageJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle made a comment this past week about suburban communities who've opted out of Cook County's minimum wage hike and paid sick l...