Certain provisions of Cook County’s penny-per-ounce soda tax could cost Illinois more than $86 million in federal administrative funding.
Commissioners from both parties are supporting a repeal effort of the sweetened beverage tax following widespread public outcry.
Madigan has now controlled his chamber as speaker for more than 11,900 days.
The House speaker’s spokesman claims the session is not a political move.
The factory will close its doors after more than 70 years of making lighting components.
The announcement comes on the heels of the manufacturing giant’s decision to invest in Wisconsin.
Chicago Public Schools’ teacher and staff layoff announcement comes as the district pushes for more state money despite Chicago’s millions in TIF funds.
The collar counties were hit hardest by mass layoffs in July.
A new poll has found that nearly 87 percent of Cook County residents disapprove of the new Cook County Sugary and Sweetened Beverages tax that took effect Aug. 2.
Illinois has sued a pharmaceutical company over opioid marketing, yet state lawmakers refuse to reform a workers’ compensation system that encourages the overprescription of dangerous drugs.