Police Trying To Stem Chicago Violence Face Cuts Due To Soda Tax Injunction

More than 110 sheriff recruits and trainees in one of Illinois' most violent counties were laid off this week - because of a soda tax. police trying to stem chicago violence face cuts due to soda tax plan Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and executed in His famous last words were: "Kiss my a--. The debate over how Illinois legislation should combat Chicago's gun violence problem continues to be a debate across the city. NBC 5's Mary Ann Ahern reports. Cook County State's Attorney Kim. Chicago police investigate a scene where gunfire at a birthday party left a man dead and a woman injured on Aug. 7, What need re-examining are police violence and accountability, he said. In Austin, Texas, leaders cut the police budget by about 30% in 2021, proposing to spend that money instead on programs like family violence prevention, mental health responders and police. "Police trying to stem Chicago violence face cuts due to soda tax injunction via @luciasuarezsang". A similar (but slimmed down) proposal by Lightfoot would allocate $16. 5 million from the police budget to community-based violence reduction efforts including $1.

Cook County Finance Committee Votes 15

The tax will end on December 1, giving the Cook County Board more time to fill a 0 million gap - the amount of money Preckwinkle said the sugar tax would have produced. The state of Chicago has repealed the soda tax after only two months. A Cook County — Chicago and many suburban areas — board committee voted 15-2 to repeal the tax, which charged individuals. The tax would add a penny per ounce to the cost of buying all sugary soft drinks, lemonades, teas, sports drinks, and sweetened powders and syrups used for fountain drinks in Cook County. FOX NEWS: Police trying to stem Chicago violence face cuts due to soda tax plan. October 19, Daniel Grace of Teamsters Local 830 speaks as Jeff Brown looks on from right. (Tom MacDoinald, WHYY) Bolstered by the repeal of a similar tax in Chicago, those opposed to Philadelphia's sweetened beverage tax staged a rally outside City Hall Thursday. Drivers of beverage trucks honked their horns as they circled City Hall. CHICAGO (CBS) --In a near-unanimous vote, the Cook County Finance Committee has approved a plan to repeal the controversial sweetened beverage tax, effective Dec. 1, setting up a final showdown on. CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County commissioners have approved a . 2 billion budget that includes more than 300 job cuts that come after the repeal of a sugary drink tax.