Cook County Board To Vote On Sugary Beverage Tax
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said the sugary beverage tax would help close a $174 million budget gap and avoid layoffs.
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County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said the sugary beverage tax would help close a $174 million budget gap and avoid layoffs.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel was disappointed with Hillary Clinton's defeat in the Presidential election, but he tried to find a silver lining in Donald Trump's victory in the race for the White House.
Parts of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's $8.2 billion budget plan cleared a committee hurdle on Monday, with relatively little debate.
Cook County Clerk David Orr said expanding early voting into next week has been good for the voters, but a little hard on his elections staff.
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Library Commissioner Brian Bannon said the new facilities would be built in the CHA's Roosevelt, Northtown, and Independence communities.
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A top city official said Tuesday there needs to be a tighter rein on valet companies, after a recent investigation revealed two-thirds of them were violating city ordinances.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Monday an Executive Order designed to cut red tape that reduce over-regulation, and—his office says—to Grow the Economy.
A leading government financial watchdog has said Mayor Rahm Emanuel gave the City Council a "good news budget," but said there are still some open questions about the 2017 spending plan.
Declaring city finances were "back on solid ground" after enacting unpopular tax hikes to shore up various employee pension funds, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday announced a 2017 budget that would allow Chicago to hire hundreds of new police officers.
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A full City Council vote could come as soon as tomorrow.
City government is using money from the tax on electronic cigarettes to expand the health clinic at the John Drake Elementary School into a full service primary care health center.
Retailers were speaking out Wednesday amid published reports Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is considering a new tax on sugary soft drinks, up to a penny an ounce.
"Mayor Sawyer was professionally educated as a chemist, and early in his career worked in the Water Department," Ald. Edward Burke (14th) said.
After years of protest, the University of Chicago listened. A grieving mother is grateful. CBS 2 Political Reporter Derrick Blakley reports.
A day after a City Council committee backed Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to raise the water and sewer tax to fund the city's largest employee pension system, an alderman offered some possible alternatives he'd like to see considered instead.
A City Council committee has signed off on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to raise water and sewer taxes to help shore up the city's largest employee pension fund.
Advocates for the disabled and their caregivers have asked state lawmakers to scrap proposed rules that would reduce home care given to people with disabilities.
They say the revenue-generating increase would trickle down to people who use the laundromats. WBBM Political Craig Dellimore reports.
A group of religious leaders stood outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office on Thursday, demanding changes and more citizen involvement in plans to replace the Independent Police Review Authority, but some aldermen were preaching patience on the effort to create a new police watchdog agency.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said he is willing to wait for a vote on his proposals to create a new agency to investigate police shootings and allegations of police misconduct, but some aldermen said the plan needs a lot more work and scrutiny.
