Pappas: Get an early look at next year’s property taxes; Download your bill at cookcountytreasurer.com.

December 1, 2020

Press Release

Next year’s First Installment Cook County property tax bills are available at cookcountytreasurer. com so that property owners can make payments before the end of this year or plan their finances for 2021, Treasurer Maria Pappas said today. The First Installment Tax Year 2020, which is 55 percent of the previous year’s total tax, is […]

Pope Francis Declares Catholics can Receive Plenary Indulgence for Those Celebrating the Guadalupe Devotion from Their Homes

December 1, 2020

Press Release

The Catholic News Service reported today that Pope Francis said that Catholic can receive a plenary indulgence on Dec. 11 and 12 for their Marian devotion if certain conditions are followed. The news was announced today in a letter from Mexico City’s Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes. This letter was accompanied by a formal proclamation by […]

NEW FILIPINO E-COMMERCE SITE LAUNCHES IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON

December 1, 2020

Press Release

Filiflavors Creates New Opportunity for Filipino-Americans to Get Their Favorite Packaged Food Items Right to Their Doors SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Bianca Trinidad, the Founder, and Owner launched Filflavors. Filiflavors is a Pinay-owned e-commerce site that sells packaged curated boxes filled with your favorite Filipino snacks, ingredients, and more. The e-commerce site initially launched in October […]

Pappas: Areas high in delinquent property taxes lose residents, pay larger tax increases and have the most violent crime

December 1, 2020

Press Release

Treasurer Maria Pappas today released a study which shows that the areas in Cook County where delinquent properties are a severe problem are losing population, experiencing larger property tax increases, and confronting high levels of violent crime, all of which drives down the number of bids at the Scavenger Sale auction. The study looked at […]

Yes, Virginia, There Will Still Be Santa in the Pandemic

December 1, 2020

Press Release

Kids have had a tough go of things throughout the pandemic. They’ve been schooled virtually, they’ve been distanced from their friends, and their birthday parties have been reduced to neighborhood drive-bys. Kids and parents alike are desperate for a sense of normalcy. With Christmas just around the corner, millions of kids are going to be […]

Trucks With First COVID-19 Vaccine in US Are on the Road

December 1, 2020

Press Release

Three semi trucks carrying the first shipments of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine left a factory in Michigan early Sunday, Dec 13, kicking off a historic project to stop a surging pandemic that is claiming more than 2,400 lives a day in the United States. Mask-wearing workers at a Pfizer factory in Michigan began packing the […]

Report: 88% of universities restrict expression — and online classes are especially dangerous for student speech

December 1, 2020

Press Release

• As Zoom classes replace the quad, half of surveyed colleges maintain policies that impermissibly restrict online speech — including almost 200 public institutions • National survey of 478 institutions finds 9 in 10 colleges restrict free speech in some capacity PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 2020 — Students may be able to find their professors and […]