That pending deal to cut the Cook County sales tax has hit another bump and apparently won't make it to a County Board vote until at least later in Ju...
The Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.09.2009 | Chicago
Anger over high sales taxes has driven voters in three Northwest suburbs to vote to secede from Cook County. Actually leaving the county will be anoth...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago
Out here in the real world, the temptation of easy debt has (a) let people foolishly live beyond their means and (b) stuck all of us federal taxpayers...
Chicago Sun-Times | Rummana Hussain | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago
Wait, wasn't the county supposed to be flush with money after hiking the sales tax earlier this year? It was March when Todd Stroger's sales tax incr...
Daily Herald | Rob Olmstead | Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago
Cook County sales dropped 11.94% in one month after the county instituted its new tax, new data released Tuesday shows, but just how much of that drop...
Mike Quigley | Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago
Since I joined the Cook County Board in 1998, I've tried to illuminate the outdated practices, blind acceptance of the status quo, and improper political influence over hiring and contracting that have historically defined Cook County government.
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 08.02.2009 | Chicago