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New taxes on businesses, bullets part of Preckwinkle's budget

October 18, 2012

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's proposed $2.95 billion budget for the coming year calls for new taxes on businesses that buy goods from outside the county, as well as higher taxes on cigarettes and bullets. The county will also shed the last quarter of the 1 percent sales tax that was instituted nearly four years ago.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20121018/news/710189842/
 
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