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Preckwinkle's tax-laden 2016 county budget easily passes

NOVEMBER 20, 2015 | by Hal Dardick | CHICAGO TRIBUNE (ILLINOIS)

Overall county spending is expected to increase by about $500 million under a budget commissioners approved 12-5. The spending plan depends on a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase, a new 1 percent tax on hotels and $20 in additional fees for each lawsuit filed.

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