Senate budget proposal could make soda in Chicago the most expensive in the nation

01/20/2017

The new statewide sugary drink tax, on top of Cook County’s similar tax and Chicago’s highest-in-the-nation sales tax, would make soda prices in the city skyrocket.

TAGS: Chicago, John Cullerton, sales tax, soda tax, sugar tax, taxes, Toi Hutchinson

Illinois taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to bail out politicians’ failures

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

01/19/2017

The Illinois Senate’s budget “compromise” hits Illinoisans with more than $5 billion in tax hikes, continued budget deficits and no real reforms.

TAGS: budget, Christine Radogno, income tax, John Cullerton, soda tax, taxes

Cook County Board approves soda tax

By Brendan Bakala

11/10/2016

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle cast the tie-breaking vote in favor of new tax on sugary and artificially sweetened beverages.

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

Does Illinois need soda taxes and soda permits?

By Bryant Jackson-Green

02/22/2014

The “Sweetened Beverage Tax” bill – proposed legislation before the Illinois Senate – would impose a tax of one cent per ounce on all “bottled sugar-sweetened beverages” – has already started to receive a lot of attention. According to the bill’s authors, the tax would result in “a 23.5 percent reduction in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption” and “a...

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Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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Senate budget proposal could make soda in Chicago the most expensive in the nation

Illinois taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to bail out politicians’ failures

Cook County Board approves soda tax

Does Illinois need soda taxes and soda permits?

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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