Budget + Tax
Pritzker proposes record-setting $56 billion budget
Spending proposal features $1 billion in updated revenue assumptions, $589 million in tax and fee hikes and $139 million in fund sweeps. Gov. J.B. Pritzker outlined his latest spending proposal, increasing state spending to more than $56…
Illinois’ increased revenue because of federal economy,…
Higher tax revenue paints a better picture for Illinois’ budget, but increases have been…
Illinois spends $4.4M on podcast, music studios
Illinois’ broken budgeting process allows legislators to hand taxpayer money to podcasting…
Illinois “spending cuts” aren’t from good behavior
Illinois lawmakers claim the state saved nearly $500 million in fiscal year 2026, but most…
Commuter changed jobs to avoid tolls, warns of rate…
State lawmakers voted to hike road tolls in 2027, even though the state has billions in the…
Illinois gives $45M to select business groups
Some Illinois lawmakers handed money to their local business associations. Should everyone’s taxes subsidize certain groups because their lawmakers had clout? Illinois state lawmakers are playing favorites with other people’s money by…
Illinois county updated tax sale, participation dropped
White County joined Rock Island in altering tax sale rules to stop equity theft. The moves…
Illinois gives $1.5M to ICE opponents
Illinois lawmakers funded a Hispanic chamber of commerce connected to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Its…
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.…
Trucking industry vet calls Illinois toll hike needless…
Illinois toll rates are about to increase as a political favor to construction unions. That’s…
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