Budget + Tax
Illinois No. 3 in U.S. for high gas taxes
Illinoisans pay the third-highest gas taxes in the nation at nearly $0.85 per gallon. California leads and Michigan edged into the No. 2 spot. Illinois’ gasoline taxes got higher during the past year, but the state dropped a spot to No.…
Trucking industry vet calls Illinois toll hike needless…
Illinois toll rates are about to increase as a political favor to construction unions. That’s…
Illinois politicians still want boosted tax power
The Illinois Constitution stops politicians from imposing progressive taxation, which would…
Cook County property tax delays hit Evanston, other…
Cook County’s delayed property tax bills are straining school districts with nearly $122…
Illinois spends $700K on decolonization activism
Illinois’ rushed, closed-door budgeting process funded $700,000 in taxpayer dollars to a…
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…
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