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Illinois Retail Merchants Association News
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On June 27, an amended scheduling proposal was introduced into City Council.
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Cook County commissioners and lawmakers across the state need to learn from the recently repealed soda tax before considering sales taxes or any other new revenue schemes, Commissioner Sean Morrison told the Chicago City Wire.
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Cook County's recently imposed tax on sugary beverages has so many holes it that the county might never clean up the whole mess it's making, Nathaniel Hamilton of Project Six told the Chicago City Wire.
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Rob Karr says Cook County officials were warned that a soda tax and the federal government's food stamps program wouldn't mix.
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Bob Fioretti wears his heart on his sleeve when it comes to how he feels about the new Cook County beverage tax.
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You'll need to dig deep to pop for a soda in the Chicago area, according to the Better Government Association (BGA), which says the new Cook County beverage tax has made it one of the most expensive places in the United States for soft drinks.
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Cook County is going to court to try to recoup $17 million in tax revenue it says it lost because of a temporary restraining order of the county’s new beverage tax, but Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon is arguing that the county's move is a bullying tactic.
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A different type of cola war is taking place in Cook County.
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The Illinois Retail Merchants Association was only a little shaken after a Cook County judge lifted a restraining order on the much-debated soda tax, allowing the penny-per-ounce tax to officially going into effect on Wednesday.
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A penny-per-ounce tax on sugary and artificial drinks has been put on hold by a circuit judge who issued a temporary restraining order requested by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and other grocers, according to ABC 7.
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Silence can say a lot, the Illinois Republican Party suggested recently as it called out Democratic gubernatorial candidates J.B. Pritzker and Chris Kennedy for failing to address the Democrats' failure to pass a budget in the spring legislative session.
