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Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th, speaks during a City Council meeting June 22, 2016. Chicago's African-American aldermen question the need to spend $1 million on a municipal ID program to help Latino immigrants and others.

African-American aldermen bash $1.1 million for municipal ID program aimed at immigrants

May 15, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

Several African-American aldermen on Tuesday again questioned the need for a city ID program aimed primarily at helping Latino immigrants who entered the country illegally. The complaints resurfaced during a...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle speaks at a press conference in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2017. Preckwinkle's office warned of dire consequences that would come from eliminating positions as a result of repealing the pop tax.

Cook County officials spar over budget cuts in wake of pop tax repeal

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Faced with having to make $200 million in spending cuts after repealing the soda pop tax this month, Cook County officials on Monday warned of consequences and pointed fingers at...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at the Sullivan Center in downtown Chicago on Oct. 17, 2017.

Emanuel budget raises taxes for 6th time in 7 years

May 15, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday revealed his seventh budget, and for the sixth time, he is raising taxes and fees, moves he said are needed to keep stabilizing the city's...

Emanuel budget: 15 cents more per Uber, Lyft ride; $1.10 increase in monthly phone fees

May 15, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

A $1.10-a-month increase in the 911 phone tax will help pay for the 2018 spending plan Mayor Rahm Emanuel will present Wednesday, and a 15-cent fee hike for Uber and...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel presides over the Chicago City Council on Oct. 11, 2017.

Emanuel may opt to raise 911, Uber taxes, setting aside council ideas

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

While a new City Hall email shows Chicago aldermen floated numerous ideas to raise taxes to close a 2018 budget hole, it's two tax hikes not on the list that...

With pop tax repealed, Preckwinkle says up to commissioners to fix budget

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Cook County commissioners on Wednesday finished the job and repealed the short-lived pop tax, but Board President Toni Preckwinkle suggested afterward that their work is just beginning. Soda drinkers won't...

Ald. Gilbert Villegas, shown in February 2017, said he will call for hearings with CTA officials about the lack of Latinos on the workforce.

Latino aldermen call for more city jobs, resources

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Latino aldermen set the stage Wednesday to call for more city jobs and services for their communities in light of ongoing Hispanic population gains in Chicago. Following a recent U.S....

Supporters of the pop tax attend a meeting of the Cook County Board finance committee on Oct. 10, 2017.

Cook County pop tax one step away from repeal after 15-1 test vote

May 15, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

The Cook County pop tax is headed for repeal after commissioners overwhelmingly signaled their intent to do away with it, marking a big win for soda companies and store owners...

In 2009, then-Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, shown April 11, 2013, was fighting to save his penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase in the wake of a repeal vote. He said then that its elimination would hurt important public health and criminal justice programs.

In defense of pop tax, Preckwinkle sounds like predecessor Stroger

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Even as the much-reviled Cook County pop tax is likely to be repealed this week, Board President Toni Preckwinkle continues to try to make the case that losing all that...

Cook County pop tax likely to be repealed next week as 3 more commissioners switch sides

May 15, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

The controversial Cook County soda pop tax now has a likely expiration date of Dec. 1, with enough commissioners backing its repeal to override a veto by Board President Toni...

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