To: Will County Taxing Districts
From: Steve Weber, CPA, Will County Treasurer
Subject: Additional Tax Distribution on June 8, 2017
Our office will make an additional property tax distribution to all 343 taxing districts in Will County on June 8, 2017. We...
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IL Senator McConchie Outlines the Simplicity of the Budget Crisis
Written By John Biver Two years after the “temporary” income tax expired, rapacious Springfield lawmakers are once again working toward raising our taxes, supposedly in order to solve the state’s...
Lisa Madigan seeks record-breaking 5th term
Austin Berg
Austin Berg is the Senior Writer for the Illinois Policy Institute.
/ GOOD GOVERNMENT
MAY 17, 2017
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will look to extend her record as the longest-serving attorney general in Illinois history....
Since Obamacare was implemented, premiums for individual health care policies have increased on average by 105 percent since 2013, according to an HHS report released last night. The average American on the individual market is paying nearly $3,000 more...
Brendan Bakala
/ JOBS + GROWTH
MAY 12, 2017
A new survey from Harris Poll for Express Employment Professionals shows that nearly half of unemployed people in Illinois have given up looking for work.
Forty-four percent of unemployed Illinoisans have given up on...
President Trump's first proposed budget shows respect for the people who pay the bills. The administration's proposal reverses the damaging trends from previous administrations by putting our nation's budget back into balance and reducing our debt through fiscally conservative...
Illinois state lawmakers are taking paychecks despite not passing a budget for nearly 700 days. One might assume they’d be working around the clock to earn them.
But Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has called the House into session for less than...
Washington is on fire
Posted on May 22, 2017 by Sam RolleyViews: 790
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Get ready for another major dust-up over the Trump administration’s attempts to replace Obamacare this week as the Congressional Budget Office releases numbers that are likely to...
Studies: High corporate, property taxes stunt job growth in Illinois
By Michael Carroll
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Illinois imposes a higher tax burden on its businesses than most of its Midwest neighbors, according to newly released economic data that some...
Illinois Department of Natural Resources bringing back alligator gar
Illinois News Network
May 21, 2017
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Alligator gar, known for their cylindrical shape and long beak, have been reintroduced to Illinois' waterways by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
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