• Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle rolled out her $4.4 billion FY2017 budget in a brief 27 minute Thursday morning address. The budget includes a one-cent per ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, a net decrease in 211 positions across county government, and a pledge to not raise taxes again for at least the next two fiscal years.


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