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Cook County Board Approves Lower Tax Rates for Vehicle Transfers Between Non-Retailers

By Communications Staff at May 9, 2013 | 9:03 am | 0 Comment

On May 8, 2013 the Cook County Board of Commissioners today approved an amendment to lower tax rates on the transfer of motor vehicles between county residents. The new rates, which take effect August 1, set a $90 tax on the transfer of motor vehicles nine years or older.  Vehicles four to eight years old will be subject to a $175 tax. Vehicles three years old or more...

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Cook County hospital tax funding drops by $100 million

By Communications Staff at March 20, 2013 | 11:32 am | 0 Comment

Originally published on the CCHHS website March 14th A sharp reduction in spending at the Cook County Health and Hospitals System helped drive down the taxpayer subsidy in fiscal 2012 by nearly $100 million, to roughly $287 million, according to a Crain’s estimate. Spending fell in part due to cost-cutting but also to fewer patients seeking care, which lowers expenses more...

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