Cook County Business
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Cook County backs property tax incentives for 3 suburban businessesMay 25, 2020 2:29 PM - Cook County commissioners last week approved property tax incentives to assist with business developments in Arlington Heights, Schaumburg and Wheeling.
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Bars and restaurants can serve outdoors as soon as May 29; golf, other restrictions to ease
May 20, 2020 9:18 PM - Restaurants and bars, dealt a huge economic hit by COVID-19, can offer outdoor dining as soon as May 29 and the state is on track for loosening restrictions on golfing, camping, boating, salons and retail stores on the same date, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, even as COVID-19 cases in the state passed 100,000. -
Agreement reached to avert strike at area nursing homesMay 7, 2020 12:52 PM - A union representing nursing home workers and an association of roughly 100 nursing homes in and around Chicago reached a deal to avoid a strike that could have started Friday, both sides announced Thursday.
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Schools, local governments support proposal for new Arlington Heights TIF district
May 6, 2020 2:22 PM - Representatives of local governments in and around Arlington Heights have endorsed the village's plan to set up a special taxing district aimed at jump-starting redevelopment of the southern gateway to town. -
Amazon Donates $200,000 to Greater Chicago Food Depository
May 5, 2020 8:21 AM - Recognizing Chicago and its surrounding communities as one of the hardest-hit COVID-19 regions in the U.S., Amazon has donated $200,000 to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger throughout Chicago and Cook County. -
COVID-19 can't stop roadwork season. Here's where construction will affect your drive
Apr 27, 2020 1:51 PM - While COVID-19 creates a new normal, the old normal -- summer road work -- continues. Here are construction hot spots to watch out for.
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Schaumburg hotel to house health care workers, first responders
Apr 22, 2020 2:20 PM - A Schaumburg hotel will provide the first 460 rooms for a Cook County respite housing program allowing symptom-free health care workers, first responders and correctional employees who have had contact with COVID-19 carriers. -
How will coronavirus affect your property taxes?
Apr 13, 2020 10:49 AM - Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi will do a countywide reassessment to take into account the effects of the coronavirus shutdown on the real estate market, but some other suburban assessors aren't ready to make a similar move.
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Cook County launches loan program for suburban small businesses, 1099 workersApr 7, 2020 1:03 PM - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Tuesday signed Executive Order 2020-9 to create the Community Recovery Initiative, which creates an emergency relief fund for businesses and 1099 workers in suburban Cook County.
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Cook County distributes 33,600 masks to first respondersMar 21, 2020 7:30 PM - The Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security distributed more than 33,600 N95 masks and an additional 38,800 gloves and gowns for the use of regional first responders.
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