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...
Call to Action 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...
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 22 Shares 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 Shutterstock photo 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...
Watch a recap of President Donald J. Trump's first two days abroad: TODAY'S EVENTS 9:30 AM LOCAL / 2:30 AM EDT: President and First Lady Trump depart Riyadh, Saudi Arabia en route to Tel Aviv, Israel 1:20 PM LOCAL / 6:20 AM...
Surrender or Fight Originally published at Fox News. Republicans, in particular the Trump administration, are approaching a historic decision that will shape America for generations to come. The endless hostility of the Left, exemplified by violent fascists on college campuses, thugs in...
Report: $15 minimum wage would cost Illinois 93,000 jobs by 2027 By Melissa Busch May 19, 2017 Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK Raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour would lead to 93,000 fewer jobs...
Indiana added five times more union members than Illinois since passing Right to Work Indiana shows that unions certainly can grow in Right-to-Work states. Michael Lucci Illinois Policy MAY 9, 2017 Indiana’s sharp rise in union members is due to its robust economic growth...
Berg: State lawmakers don’t really care about the budget By Austin Berg May 18, 2017 Shutterstock photo “I have an announcement,” Chicago Democrat Barbara Flynn-Currie said the afternoon of May 10 on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives,...

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