Articles filed under Cook County Board
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Cook County commissioners approve sales tax increaseJul 15, 2015 1:00 am - Sales tax rates in many Cook County suburbs will hit double digits Jan. 1 after the county board raised the rate by a penny on the dollar Wednesday to shore up pension f...
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County can keep improving without harmful sales taxJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - We've had this debate before, and my opinion hasn't changed since our last go-round under Todd Stroger with raising the sales tax on the hardworking taxpayers of Cook Co...
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Editorial: Sales tax increase still a bad idea for Cook CountyJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - If anyone has earned the credibility to justify revisiting a sales tax increase in Cook County, it's Toni Preckwinkle. In almost five years at the helm of the county boa...
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Will Preckwinkle reconsider sales tax hike? Only if pension reform passesJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Tuesday she'll re-evaluate a proposed penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase if lawmakers in Springfield act on county ...
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Berrios wins lawsuit over ethics fine for hiring relativesApr 22, 2015 1:00 am - Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios won't have to pay a $10,000 fine imposed on him by the county's board of ethics for hiring his son and sister. That's because the ethics...
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Preckwinle calls Schneider's tax proposal 'ill-conceived and irresponsible'Mar 31, 2015 1:00 am - Cook County Commissioner Timothy Schneider will introduce Wednesday a measure opposing any property tax increases in the county's 2016 budget, a resolution board Preside...
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Schaumburg sets renewal policy for tax breakJan 28, 2015 12:00 am - Schaumburg trustees have approved specific criteria to consider the growing number of renewal requests for Cook County's Class 6B property tax incentive for industrial b...
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Cook County recycles 1.14 million pounds of old paperJan 07, 2015 12:01 am - Cook County has recycled about 1.14 million pounds of old documents, reports and miscellaneous paperwork in the last 18 months, clearing out more than 71,000 feet of sto...
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Suburban women in politics on Jane Byrne as an inspirationNov 14, 2014 12:00 am - Reaction to Jane Byrne's death from some suburban women in politics. Arlene Mulder Former Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder was just getting her start in local ...
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Schneider retaining Cook County Board seatNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider sailed to re-election in a lopsided race to represent District 15, according to unofficial results. With 180 out of 186 precincts ...