Budget + Tax
Record Illinois Thanksgiving traffic paying record gas taxes
Thanksgiving travel will set a record in Illinois and in the U.S. Illinois drivers will pay the nation’s second-highest gas taxes, thanks to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Thanksgiving week is expected to set a record with over 4.18 million…
Illinois lawmakers again push disguised ‘retirement…
Illinois voters soundly rejected a progressive state income tax because it was a path to tax…
Illinois halts federal tax credits intended to boost…
Illinois state lawmakers are severing new federal business tax cuts. Their quest to keep more…
Transit fares frozen as Chicago drivers hit with…
The transit rescue plan freezes fares, raises tolls, hikes sales taxes and diverts road funds…
Chicago’s high sales taxes about to increase to No. 1…
Chicago-area sales taxes were already No. 2 in the U.S., but new taxing authority handed to…
Cook County property tax bills finally getting mailed, due Dec. 15
Cook County leaders announced the second installment of property tax bills will be mailed by Nov. 14 with a Dec. 15 due date. Nearly four months later than usual thanks to a vendor’s software mess, Cook County property tax bills will be…
Chicago budgets $210M for vacant jobs
Chicago has thousands of job vacancies that receive city funding, leaving taxpayers to pay…
Illinois drops 6 spots in 6 years for tax…
Illinois’ state tax competitiveness ranking dropped six spots – from 32nd to 38th in the past…
Illinois, Chicago voters rank high taxes as No. 1 issue
More than half of Illinois voters and one-third of Chicago voters said high taxes were their…
Illinois facing lawsuits over property tax theft
Lawsuits are mounting from homeowners, investors and counties. Unless lawmakers act,…
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