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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is ditching plans for expanding the amusement tax to include cable television. She now wants to hike the hotel and motel tax by 1 percent.

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Preckwinkle Withdraws Amusement Tax Plan; Adds Hotel Tax Hike

Following criticism from a planned expansion of the amusement tax, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle withdrew the proposal and introduced a new planned hike: a hotel tax.