Prairie State OKs two tax abatements in the Heights
Prairie State College trustees approved tax abatements for Hofmann Florist and Pico Chemical Corp in Chicago Heights under the Enterprise Zone plan. Hofmann plans a 3,200 square foot building costing 225000 at 202nd Street and Dixie Highway, with abatement about 290 dollars annually for five years and half that for years six through ten. Pico plans an addition costing 150000 to 200000 at 400 E. 16th Street to boost capacity and offices, currently employing 14, with abatements about 226 dollars yearly for five years and half that through year ten. After ten years the property will be fully taxed.
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Chicago Heights
Hofmann Florist
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Reynolds case sees ex-lawyer deny cashing Reynolds funds
APC News Service reports Reginald Turner, Heard's ex-lawyer, denies taking $3,050 from Rep. Mel Reynolds to influence Heard's recantation. Reynolds, indicted on sexual abuse and obstructing justice charges, faces a bond modification hearing Friday and a July 5 trial date.
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U.S
Mel Reynolds
D-Dalton
Reginald Turner
Reynolds
Cook County
Urban Strategies
Turner
Suria
Andrea Zopp
Owens-Illinois plant back to work after two year pact
More than 300 workers at Owens- Brockway-Kimble Glass Containers resumed duties under a new two year contract with Owens-Illinois division after an April 1 strike by Local 70 of the Glass Molders Pottery Plastics and Allied Workers Union. The pact includes 3 percent annual wage increases and a 25 cent hour adjustment for skilled staff, with shift differentials up by five and six cents for evenings and nights. The agreement retroactive to April 1 runs through March 31 1997 and preserves pre strike pension terms. The plant in Chicago Heights supplies pharmaceutical bottles for Abbott Laboratories Sterling Drugs and Squibb and makes containers for Jack Daniels lava lamps and tobacco sauce.
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Owens-Illinois Inc
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers Union Local 70
Local 70
George Alexander
John Hoff
Owens-Illinois
Toledo
Ohio
Alexander
Chicago Heights
Abbott Laboratories
Sterling Drugs
Squibb
DeAngelis education overhaul moves to full Senate
Illinois state proposal by Sen. Aldo DeAngelis would rewrite the aid formula, cut local property taxes by 50 percent and raise the state income tax from 3 to 4 percent with a corporate rate hike to 6.4 percent. The plan, estimated to add 1.9 billion annually for K 12, would start in fiscal year 1996 and uses a statewide median cost with regional adjustments to determine state funding and local tax responsibility.
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Senate
Aldo DeAngelis
Senate Revenue Committee
House
DeAngelis
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