Budget + Tax
Illinois lawmakers to tackle Chicago Bears stadium, pensions, taxes
Expect a progressive tax, higher education spending and a Bears stadium to be high on the agenda for Illinois state lawmakers. Taxpayers have reason to worry as the second half of the 104th Illinois General Assembly begins on Jan. 13.…
Illinois county updates property tax sale rules after…
Rock Island County required tax buyers at its Dec. 30 sale to attest they would protect…
Illinois gives $12M to NASCAR
Illinois’ opaque budget process handed $12 million to NASCAR. Fast and furious is no way to…
Illinois local governments lose out on $10.9B in state…
Illinois local governments have been denied more than $10.9 billion in state income tax…
Illinois state spending balloons as state economy…
At least 49 tax hikes under Gov. J.B. Pritzker have driven state spending to record highs,…
Illinois counts on bad habits to raise $3.47B in sin taxes
Whether your vice is drinking, tobacco, cannabis or gambling, Illinois is enjoying $3.47 billion from taxing it. The holidays are often when people overindulge and make resolutions for doing better in the New Year, but Illinois…
Illinois spends $1M to rethink capitalism
Illinois progressives want to reimagine capitalism and hand out free money with the tax…
Watching ‘Elf’ or ‘Home Alone’ costs $300M more in…
Chicagoans pay extra to stream holiday movies on Netflix or Hulu because of the city’s 10.25%…
Chicago adopts $16.6B budget, adds $535M in taxes
Chicago aldermen for the first time pushed through their own budget, rejecting the mayor’s…
Property taxes rob ‘Home Alone’ house of nearly $52,000
The owners of Kevin McCallister’s house from the “Home Alone” movie will pay nearly $52,000…
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