Cook County Board Votes to Repeal Sweet Beverage Tax; Preckwinkle Scoffs at Notion She's Vulnerable • THU OCT 12, 2017 6:53 PM CT








The Cook County Board voted 15-2 to end the sweetened beverage tax starting December 1. The vote came just more than two months after the tax took effect August 2.

The penny per ounce soda tax will end beginning December 1, 2017. A $200 million budget deficit is connected to talk of budget cuts and/or new taxes.
Chicago Magazine: Preckwinkle scoffs at the notion that she is vulnerable, that the pop tax could be her Daley parking meter mess. “We have a seven-year record of balanced budgets,” she says. “I run a responsible government without scandal.”




 NWS CHICAGO FORECAST • THU OCT 12 2017 6:53 PM CT  


Tonight: Patchy drizzle between 10pm and 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 56. South southeast wind around 5 mph. 

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph. 

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 60. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. High near 75. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 54. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am. High near 58. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 61.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.


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