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CityLab
April 26, 2018
Kim Foxx, the State's Attorney in Cook County, Illinois (Chicago), increased her office's transparency by releasing a groundbreaking report revealing demographics of defendants prosecuted, and data on sentencing and dispositions. And in Florida, new state attorneys have dramatically reduced the numberÃâà...
Planet Jackson Hole
April 26, 2018
Several cities plagued by gun violence have shown reductions in gun-related homicides and gang-related violence. .... Local governments such as those in Seattle and Cook County, Illinois, have levied fees on the purchase of guns and ammunition, with the intent of using the money raised to combat gunÃâà...
Gillette News Record
April 25, 2018
The wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Cook County, Illinois, alleges a doctor and pharmacist at Trinity Medical Center in Moline, Illinois, failed to ... The conservative lawyer and family doctor from small-town Alpine, south of Salt Lake City, narrowly bested Romney for the Senate nomination among far-rightÃâà...
Just Taxes Blog (blog)
April 20, 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Seattle, Washington are the two largest cities to implement soda taxes in the US, and the cities' revenue projections and collections have been closely watched across the country. ... Cook County, Illinois repealed its tax two months after implementation. The state of ArizonaÃâà...
NORML Blog (blog)
April 19, 2018
Members of Chicago NORML have a lot to celebrate after voters in Cook County, Illinois voted to approve, “the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for recreational use by adults 21 and older,” through a non binding referendum earlier this year.
KCRG
April 13, 2018
Jackson also has a warrant in Cook County, Illinois for homicide, according to a fugitive complaint filed by Dubuque County Attorney Ralph Potter. Court documents state ... You're also more than welcome to bring it down to the Five Flags Center box office if you're in town," she said. She says it might beÃâà...
NBC Chicago
April 4, 2018
As police investigate reports of "zombie-like" raccoons in northeast Ohio, Cook County experts say such sightings are also unusually high in northern Illinois. The animals are believed to be suffering from a viral disease known as distemper. Donna Alexander, the aministrator for the Cook County Animal andÃâà...
Philadelphia Business Journal
March 29, 2018
U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman ruled on Monday that Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, may pursue Fair Housing Act claims against Wells Fargo, to the extent the bank's ... Philadelphia was one of a number of cities that chose to file a lawsuit against Wells Fargo after the Miami ruling.
HousingWire
March 28, 2018
This week, a federal judge gave Cook County, Illinois, the green light to pursue part of its lawsuit against Wells Fargo, which accuses the big bank of ... The decision allowed cities to pursue FHA claims so long as they could establish a “direct” link between the alleged misconduct and the resulting harm.
Cannabis Now
March 26, 2018
It really shouldn't surprise anyone that just over 63 percent of voters in Cook County, Illinois 'just said yes' to legalizing adult use of cannabis, given that the ... This points to a key feature of the national momentum behind decriminalization and legalization of cannabis: the power of local municipalities toÃâà...
Ars Technica
March 26, 2018
Cook County, Illinois, has joined the parade of lawsuits filed against Facebook in the wake of the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal—the county is ... The Washington Post reported on March 20 that the trove of data included "names, home towns, religious affiliations, and likes," among other data.
The Villager
March 14, 2018
Other notable cities are Great Falls, (14), McLean, (20), and Wolf Trap, (39) in Fairfax County, Virginia; Greenville (22), Larchmont (24), Rye (35), ... (69) in Westchester County, New York; and Winnetka (13), Glencoe (15), Hinsdale (30), Inverness (41), Wilmette (82), Burr Ridge (92) in Cook County Illinois.
Chicago Sun-Times
March 11, 2018
Until Illinois is current on its payouts to Cook County, Illinois should calculate Cook County's state tax contribution according to our earnings after we meet our critical needs, not on ... QUESTION: Do you support or oppose efforts to merge unincorporated pockets of the county into adjoining municipalities?
Politico
March 9, 2018
With David Beavers and Garrett Ross. HOGAN LOVELLS LOBBYING FOR KINDER MORGAN ON STEEL TARIFFS: Hogan Lovells has signed Kinder Morgan and will lobby for the oil-and-gas pipeline giant on the “impact of the imposition of steel tariffs on pipeline construction,” according to a disclosureÃâà...
NBC Chicago (blog)
March 9, 2018
While county officials oversee local elections, the questions specific to certain municipalities will only appear on ballots for residents of those areas, except for ... Shall the Village of Flossmoor, Cook County, Illinois, impose a 1% Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and a Non-Home RuleÃâà...
KMBZ
March 7, 2018
We're considering it there there're other urban cities that error and others states that are. Interest in the her current ... The state of misery in the cities that are all the ought also want to really make sure that mrs. The statement ... Sit there and everybody let's play that and Cook County Illinois. Is ninety milesÃâà...
CityLab
March 7, 2018
But Krasner and, a month earlier, the Manhattan district attorney, appear to be the first DAs in major cities to attempt reform through the prosecutor's ... As a model, Rahman cited Cook County, Illinois, which recently expanded its disclosure of data about the jail population (including instances when bail isÃâà...
Economics21
March 7, 2018
Other jurisdictions such as San Francisco, Seattle, and Cook County (Illinois) quickly followed suit. ... taxes are not an effective or reliable way to fund programs, and cities considering them should look to the experiences in Philadelphia and Cook County, Illinois for reasons to think twice before proceeding.
Loudoun Times-Mirror
March 1, 2018
Purcellville's Town Council and interim town manager continued the process for hiring a new town manager on last week in a closed session interview meeting with the two remaining candidates. While Interim Town Manager John Anzivino would not confirm the candidates they interviewed Feb. 23, DavidÃâà...
Loudoun Times-Mirror
March 1, 2018
The council will designate a representative to negotiate the town's final offer and employment agreement with the candidate. A final agreement will be approved by the Town Council and an introduction of the new town manager will take place in an open session soon after the process is completed.
Legislative Gazette
February 22, 2018
The “gay panic” or “trans panic” defense was used successfully to acquit a first-degree murder case in Cook County, Illinois in 2009. In Jan. 2018 ... School districts, counties, towns, cities, and villages will be authorized to create charitable funds for education, health care, and other charitable purposes.
Gazettextra
February 22, 2018
MEGAN BROGNER, 38, of 111 Kensington Circle, Janesville, at 11:51 a.m. Thursday in Cook County, Illinois, on charges of unauthorized use of a personal ID. Reported. THEFT reported at 8:34 p.m. Wednesday in the 4700 block of Highway 14, town of Janesville. An individual reported $643 stolen.
Richmond.com
February 14, 2018
Ten years ago: Business tycoon Steve Fossett, 63, was declared dead by a judge in Cook County, Illinois, five months after his small plane vanished ... Five years ago: Pressing his case in Chicago, the town that launched his political career, President Barack Obama called for the government to take anÃâà...
WTOP
February 14, 2018
Ten years ago: Business tycoon Steve Fossett, 63, was declared dead by a judge in Cook County, Illinois, five months after his small plane vanished after taking ... Pressing his case in Chicago, the town that launched his political career, President Barack Obama called for the government to take an active,Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 7, 2018
PHOENIX (AP) — A proposal in the Arizona House that would bar cities and counties from joining a growing national trend of taxing sugary drinks got a ... Board members in Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, repealed a penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sweetened drinks in October amid aÃâà...
Arizona Daily Star
February 7, 2018
Board members in Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, repealed a penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sweetened drinks in October a monthslong conflict that included a court battle and millions of dollars' worth of television ads on both sides. Also in October, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed aÃâà...
Journal & Topics Newspapers Online
February 2, 2018
Some are countywide questions while others apply to specific municipalities, school districts and other jurisdictions. ... Glenview Park District Bonds: “Shall the Glenview Park District, Cook County, Illinois, construct safety and security improvements at The Grove, improve the Interpretive Center at The Grove,Ãâà...
Chicago Sun-Times
January 24, 2018
The DOJ wants an order lifted prohibiting it from withholding law-enforcement grant money from cities that refuse to follow tough new Justice Department immigration requirements. That order, from U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, is the one City Hall plans to include when it responds to Sessions'Ãâà...
Competitive Enterprise Institute (blog)
October 12, 2017
Less than two months after implementing a new “soda tax,” lawmakers in Cook County, Illinois, are repealing the cent-per ounce tax. ... not have realized is that the tax was also an attempt by public health advocates to use their city as a means to convince other, less liberal municipalities to follow their path.
Healthline
December 31, 1999
But around the country, a handful of states and cities have passed laws that allow employees to use sick days to care for people who don't fit the definition of an “immediate family ... Similarly, broad rules apply in Austin, Texas; St. Paul, Minnesota; Cook County, Illinois; and Arizona and Rhode Island.
ProPublica
December 31, 1999
The Pulitzer Board announced Monday that ProPublica Illinois and The Chicago Tribune were finalists for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for their “The Tax Divide” investigation into Cook County, Illinois' unfair property tax assessment system. The series is the first Pulitzer Prize finalist forÃâà...
WTOP
December 31, 1999
This approach has been tried by some 13 countries or cities, according to the journal Health Policy. In Denmark, lawmakers put a tax on foods with saturated fat, although that has now been repealed. In Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, a sugar-sweetened beverage tax came into force,Ãâà...
Food Dive
December 31, 1999
One of the major reasons municipalities enact soda taxes is to cut consumption of sugary beverages, which backers say can improve public health. And though the taxes ... Berkeley, California was one of the first U.S. cities to enact a tax on soda, which went into effect on March 1, 2015. A before-and-afterÃâà...
KWQC-TV6
December 31, 1999
About a week earlier, his plane made an emergency stop at the Quad Cities International Airport when he suffered from an opioid overdose and had to be revived by paramedics. The wrongful-death lawsuit filed Friday in Cook County, Illinois, alleges that a doctor and pharmacist at Trinity Medical CenterÃâà...
Santa Maria Times
December 31, 1999
The redesigned 2018 Lincoln Navigator AWD in Reserve trim is shown in Cook County, Illinois, in February. Chicago Tribune. BIZ AUTO-NAVIGATOR-REVIEW 4 ... “We're negotiating now with a pro coach in town and a president of one of the pro sports teams.” (He wouldn't disclose names.) A basic 2018Ãâà...
St. Louis Public Radio
December 31, 1999
The latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the St. Louis metropolitan area continues to lose ground compared to other cities. Data released Thursday show ... Cook County, Illinois, which includes metropolitan Chicago, saw the largest decrease of any county. However, at 5.2 million, it stillÃâà...
CityLab
December 31, 1999
But Krasner and, a month earlier, the Manhattan district attorney, appear to be the first DAs in major cities to attempt reform through the prosecutor's ... As a model, Rahman cited Cook County, Illinois, which recently expanded its disclosure of data about the jail population (including instances when bail isÃâà...
Chicago Sun-Times
December 31, 1999
Responsibilities include setting policies and overseeing a $1.2 billion agency responsible for wastewater treatment and storm water management for Cook County, IL, serving the equivalent of 10 million people. Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership (IWIL). President, 2015 – 2017. Board member 2012Ãâà...
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