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President Preckwinkle Announces Adjustment to Proposed Tax on Gambling Machines

By Communications Staff at October 30, 2012 | 12:40 pm | 0 Comment

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced an adjustment to her proposed tax on gambling machines by creating a two-tiered system. The tax rate would be $1,000 per electronic gambling device, such as a slot machine, and $200 per video gaming terminal, such as a video poker machine.  The Gambling Machine Tax will continue to be paid by the machine more...

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Certificates of Purchase Awarded Through No Cash Bid

By Sebastian James at April 4, 2012 | 2:10 pm | 0 Comment

Thirteen municipalities across Cook County received 193 certificates of purchase from the 2011 Scavenger Sale as part of the county’s No Cash Bid Program, President Preckwinkle announced today. The No Cash Bid program is one of the county’s economic development tools designed to help municipalities and other taxing bodies acquire tax delinquent property for reuse more...

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