Soda Tax Opponents Expect Repeal Vote Can Pass, But Veto Likely
A vote on Commissioner Richard Boykin's plan to repeal the tax has been scheduled for Tuesday in the county board's Finance Committee.
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A vote on Commissioner Richard Boykin's plan to repeal the tax has been scheduled for Tuesday in the county board's Finance Committee.
Preckwinkle would not say if she has prepared two budget proposals – one including the soda tax, and one without it.
"I have never, ever seen the outrage and anger that's being displayed by our customers," said Tony's Fresh Market manager Frank Guiglio.
The Chicago River isn't quite what it used to be, and elected officials took great effort to prove that Saturday.
A showdown on the controversial tax will be held next month.
Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin has unveiled a 10-point plan to repeal the soft drink tax and make up for the lost revenue.
Some lawmakers are poised to try and 'can' the entire thing, and ads supporting it aren't changing people's minds.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appears unfazed by the opposition to the new tax on sugary and some non-sugary beverages.
A judge has lifted an injunction on Cook County's sweetened beverage tax, allowing the county to begin collecting it as soon as it wishes.
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Sheriff Tom Dart are at odds with each other over the President's proposals for layoffs and budget cuts.
It's the first damage done, officials say, now that a controversial soda tax is in legal limbo.
"This is just not a way to run any government," Dart said. "Eviscerating this office is not a way thoughtful people proceed."
A trio of Cook County commissioners proposed forming a working group to cut the budget without mass layoffs while the soda tax is on hold.
Cook County government was counting -- literally -- on a sweetened-beverage tax to balance its budget. The tax is in legal limbo. CBS 2's Jim Williams reports.
Toni Preckwinkle has called for Sharon Brannigan to resign after Brannigan's Facebook posts about Muslims and people from the Middle East.
The Cook County Board has a hearing planned next week on the County's Property Tax system as the County Board President considers an outside review.
Local Government leaders say Illinois' ongoing budget crisis only makes things worse for them if it continues past Friday.
The preliminary spending plan keeps Preckwinkle's promise not to raise any more taxes, but she said everything else is on the table.
An Illinois abortion rights political action committee has accused Governor Rauner of lying about his position on abortion - calling him "Donald Trump on steroids."
Preckwinkle said her staff is straightening out problems with management and finances at the Cook County Department of Homeland Security.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is sticking with a plan to have a Texas company upgrade outdated court computer systems, despite some questions.
A new bill, expected to be introduced in the next couple weeks can make it easier to get juvenile arrest records expunged in Illinois.
The 109th Chicago Auto Show is open for business.
Preckwinkle, a Democrat, minced no words in her assessment of Trump's first few weeks in office, a time she called sobering and troubling.
Cook County is demolishing three divisions, representing close to a half-million square feet of cell space, as the jail population has hit the lowest level in 25 years.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
The stage is set and the air is humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, prepares to hold the first of two Chicago concerts at Solider Field Thursday night.
After two more beluga whales died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, including another whale rescued from defunct Canadian theme park Marineland, there are questions about what's behind the deaths.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
Buckingham Fountain was back in operation Thursday, two days after it was shut down for maintenance due to a mechanical problem.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his 2027 budget forecast on Thursday.
The Pentagon will begin requiring male service members ages 30 and older to get screened for testosterone deficiency, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the change over the summer.
CBP informed Gregory Bovino in an email on March 2 that the agency was "conducting an official Inquiry into allegations of misconduct reported to CBP." He initiated retirement 16 days later.
The head of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is stepping down.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Dozens of cases of E. coli and salmonella in multiple states are linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The stage is set and the air is humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, prepares to hold the first of two Chicago concerts at Solider Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
The Iranian government said a U.S. airstrike hit a wedding party in a residential neighborhood and killed at least two women and two children. U.S. Central Command said it never targets civilians and is looking into the report.
The projections estimate that the city’s budget deficit has been reduced to $882.4 million, down from an estimated $1.2 billion shortfall the year before.
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A woman is dead, and a man was injured after a shooting in Lockport Township, Illinois, on Wednesday night.
A woman is dead, and a man was injured after a shooting in Lockport Township, Illinois, on Wednesday night.
After two more beluga whales died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, including another whale rescued from defunct Canadian theme park Marineland, there are questions about what's behind the deaths.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
The stage is set and the air is humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, prepares to hold the first of two Chicago concerts at Solider Field Thursday night.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Red flags about a family behind two funeral homes and crematories shut down by the state for mishandling bodies were missed in part because two different agencies regulate the death industry in Illinois.
Chicago (78-62) dropped nine games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central. It also remained one game back of Philadelphia for the top NL wild card.
The White Sox had several chances to score in the eighth, but came up empty.
Advocate Children's Hospital flipped the script this week, having four pediatric patients sign autographs for Cubs baseball players before a game at Wrigley Field.
Sean Burke (8-6) allowed one hit and walked four with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win after walking a career-high eight in just three innings in his last start.
A day after hitting a franchise-record nine homers, Chicago was held to three singles and three doubles on a muggy night at Wrigley Field.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
A chiropractor from Batavia, Illinois, pleaded guilty Thursday to felony counts related to secretly videotaping patients, including children, as they took off their clothes in his office.
Chicago police on Thursday issued a community alert about a robbery on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train on the Near West Side this past weekend.
Two people are dead and at least five others are injured, including three officers, after a shooting near 15 East Grant Street Wednesday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, according to police. The suspected shooter is also dead.
Surveillance video shows what appears to be a smash-and-grab burglary at a pizzeria in the southwest Chicago suburb of Frankfort this week.
