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The Chicago Democrat is part of the 43-member House Problem Solvers Caucus.
The governor said he'd accept a compromise that restores some of the $250 million in state funding he vetoed for Chicago Public Schools.
The nomination of John R. Lausch Jr. will be sent to the U.S. Senate, which must approve the choice.
The tax was supposed to go into effect July 1, but it started Wednesday instead, after retailers lost their bid to keep a restraining order in place.
Gov. Bruce Rauner this week rewrote part of a school-funding bill. The consequences could be devastating, critics tell CBS 2 Political Reporter Derrick Blakley.
Opponents say new tax will put many independent- and family-owned stores and restaurants out of business.
Ending weeks of speculation, Mayor Emanuel said he would reappoint an occasional critic, Lori Lightfoot, as head of the Chicago Police Board
Sparkling, non-sweetened water is supposed to be exempt. But some stores were charging the new sugar tax.
The mayor said the governor's veto will hurt minority and poor students in less-affluent school districts more than it will hurt CPS.
The penny-per-ounce tax means a two-liter bottle of soda will cost 67 extra cents, and a 12-pack of 12-ounce cans will cost an extra $1.44.
The governor used his amendatory veto power to remove a $250 million block grant for CPS from the legislation, among other changes.
Negotiations to avoid Gov. Bruce Rauner's threatened veto of a school funding measure collapsed Monday.
With two days until Cook County's new tax on sweetened beverages begins, border suburbs have been left wondering what impact it will have.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has not spelled out exactly how he would change the legislation before sending it back to the Senate.
