The Cook County Board voted 12-5 Tuesday to roll back 0.5 percent of the county sales tax....
AP | Posted 06.05.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - The Cook County Board has voted 12-3 to repeal a 1 percent sales tax enacted last year, but the move could be short-lived. Cook County...
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago
Arguing that downtown restaurants, retailers and theaters desperately need a shot in the arm, a group of aldermen today proposed their very own Chicag...
Daily Herald | John Patterson | Posted 04.19.2009 | Chicago
Cook County's widely reviled sales tax increase would be rolled back and future hikes restricted under a plan that narrowly passed an Illinois House c...
Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago
If paying taxes makes you patriotic, Chicagoans should get a memorial built in their honor (or just add Harry Caray's face to Mount Rushmore).
My Fox Chicago | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
A drink at the bar, a fast-food meal and back-to-school shopping are among those things about to get a bit more expensive in Cook County. Early Satu...
CBS 2 | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago