Chicago tops list of cities residents are leaving

By Joe Kaiser

09/14/2017

A new report from moving company United Van Lines shows more residents left Chicago during the summer moving months than any other metro area.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, outmigration, population, united van lines

Preckwinkle delays soda tax repeal vote

By Chris Lentino

09/14/2017

With mounting pressure, a vote on the repeal of the soda tax was delayed for another month.

TAGS: Cook County, soda tax, Toni Preckwinkle

Cook County isn’t buying soda tax health concerns

By Brendan Bakala

09/13/2017

A We Ask America poll shows 87.5 percent of respondents think Cook County commissioners support the sweetened beverage tax for reasons other than health.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, soda tax, taxes, Toni Preckwinkle

Cook County Board of Review commissioner under investigation for potential ethics violation

By Brendan Bakala

08/28/2017

Ethics officials are petitioning the Cook County Circuit Court to enforce a subpoena seeking information on potential profits obtained by Commissioner Larry Rogers from his law firm’s lawsuits against Cook County government.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, corruption, Joseph Berrios, Larry Rogers

After soda tax, Preckwinkle doles out premium perks and bonuses

By Chris Lentino

08/22/2017

After threatening thousands of job cuts, President Preckwinkle agrees to a lucrative contract with one of Cook County’s unions.

TAGS: Cook County, soda tax, Teamsters, Toni Preckwinkle

Cook County officials claim resolution of food stamp soda tax problems

By Brendan Bakala

08/18/2017

Retailers will now have to either program cash registers not to tax purchases made with food stamps, or implement a “manual override.”

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, food stamps, SNAP, soda tax

House Democrats file bill to repeal Cook County soda tax

By Brendan Bakala

08/16/2017

House Bill 4083 is the second bill in the Illinois General Assembly to propose getting rid of Cook County’s unpopular soda tax.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, soda tax

New bill would outlaw Cook County soda tax

By Brendan Bakala

08/15/2017

House Bill 4082 would ban Illinois home rule counties from levying taxes on sweetened drinks by volume sold.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Retail Merchants Association, sugar tax

7-Eleven’s “Bring Your Own Cup Day” not happening in Chicago due to sweetened beverage tax

By Brendan Bakala

08/12/2017

The convenience store chain has been sued over its application of Cook County’s new sweetened beverage tax, and will skip the county in its Slurpee promotional.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, soda tax

Chicago’s thirst for taxes

By Chris Lentino

08/11/2017

Cook County’s penny-per-ounce soda tax is just the latest in a long history of beverage taxes in Chicago.

TAGS: alcohol tax, Chicago, Cook County, soda tax