Budget + Tax
Record-high property tax increase is Preckwinkle’s reelection baggage
Record Cook County property tax hikes under Toni Preckwinkle expose a fundamentally broken system, benefitting insiders and costing everyone else. As Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle heads toward another reelection campaign,…
Illinois funnels $4.6M to children’s sports camp
Illinois lawmakers gave $4.6 million to A Ray of Hope on Earth, a sports camp for children.…
Illinois spends $2.6M on tennis, pickleball
Illinois’ broken budgeting process allowed state lawmakers to spend $2.6 million on tennis…
3 things to know about Pat Quinn’s ‘millionaire tax’
Former Gov. Pat Quinn claims a millionaire tax would offer Illinoisans property tax relief,…
Illinois grants $4M to private theaters
Illinois lawmakers gave money to venues for plays, concerts and weddings – without explaining…
Illinois state lawmakers boost their own pay
Taxpayers usually get told what raise they will receive. They also get told what raises they will give: to state lawmakers, and by those same lawmakers. Back in Springfield for the second year of the 104th Illinois General Assembly,…
7 things to know about Chicago Bears stadium debate
Who owns Soldier Field? Why do taxpayers still owe millions? What would a move mean for…
Illinois lawmakers hand $740K to ‘Floating Museum’
Illinois’ broken budget process allocated taxpayer dollars to an art group best known for its…
Illinois lawmakers to tackle Chicago Bears stadium,…
Expect a progressive tax, higher education spending and a Bears stadium to be high on the…
Illinois county updates property tax sale rules after…
Rock Island County required tax buyers at its Dec. 30 sale to attest they would protect…
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