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Cook County Board Commissioner John Daley at a 2016 board meeting.

John Daley flips on soda tax, boosting repeal effort

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

Cook County Commissioner John Daley announced Thursday he'll vote to repeal the controversial soda tax, dealing a serious blow to Board President Toni Preckwinkle's attempt to keep it in place....

Soda tax: How the board voted last time, where they stand now

June 2, 2018 at 5:16 a.m.

The Cook County Board Finance Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Oct. 10 to consider repeal of the Cook County penny-an-ounce tax on sugar- and artificially sweetened beverages. It would...

Keep that pop tax, find other revenue or slash the budget, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle tells commissioners.

Preckwinkle: County has ‘reached moment of truth’ on budget, pop tax

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

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday plans to unveil a 2018 spending plan with a clear message: Keep the controversial soda tax or slash spending by 11 percent...

Debris is carried over to a dumpster as the gutting of the former El Cubano continues on west Fulton Market St. in the Fulton Market district in Chicago on April 3, 2017.

Aldermen advance fly-dumping crackdown

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

Chicago residents and workers caught illegally tossing trash on public or private property would face far steeper maximum fines under a proposal from Mayor Rahm Emanuel that aldermen advanced Tuesday....

Anti-pop-tax hired guns pay $11 an hour for workers to ‘educate’ Cook County voters on repeal

May 15, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

Nestled between a hair weave shop and Chinese fast-food joint in a South Side shopping center is a narrow storefront with a cardboard placard inside a glass door. That small,...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle chats with Commissioner Richard Boykin during a board meeting in 2015.

Preckwinkle avoids challenge from pop tax opponent Boykin

May 15, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

Even as he continued to rail against the controversial soda pop tax that Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is fighting to preserve, Commissioner Richard Boykin on Thursday said he...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, here at a Democratic event Aug. 11, 2017, at Erie St. Cafe, has seen a political backlash as opposition builds to the county's sweetened beverage tax she spearheaded.

How Preckwinkle’s pop tax backfired

May 15, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

When Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle first floated the idea of a pop tax to commissioners last October, a big part of her pitch was an appeal to their...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle speaks about the board's delayed vote to repeal the soda tax during a recess of the Cook County Board meeting Sept. 13, 2017. (Lou Foglia/baiduhai)

Vote to repeal Cook County soda tax delayed a month, as ad campaigns continue

May 15, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

The Cook County Board on Wednesday delayed a vote on repealing the controversial soda pop tax, ensuring at least 27 more days of mailers, radio ads and TV commercials that...

Commissioners pass ordinance banning drones from Cook County property

May 22, 2019 at 11:55 p.m.

Operators cannot fly drones over Stroger Hospital, Cook County Jail and other county properties under an ordinance approved by the Cook County Board Wednesday amid security concerns. The ordinance bans...

Preckwinkle says she has ‘work to do’ to avoid Cook County soda tax repeal

May 15, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Tuesday she's "got some work to do" to prevent the controversial soda tax from being repealed — an acknowledgment that came a day...

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