With the continuing battle in Springfield for a state budget, and the continuing need for true reform in the State of Illinois, it is increasingly difficult for any local property tax payer to understand where their money goes and...
Local governments raise sales tax in Illinois
January 3, 2017
2017 brings a slew of new sales tax hikes for 20 municipalities in Illinois.
Effective Jan. 1, 20 Illinois cities and local governments increased local sales taxes, according to the Illinois Department...
Why a budget won’t fix Illinois
January 5, 2017
Pension costs alone now consume a quarter of the Illinois state budget.
Did you feel it?
As 2016 expired at midnight Dec. 31, so too did Illinois’ stopgap budget. That six-month spending plan pushed...
Illinois House Democrats re-elected state Rep. Mike Madigan to his longtime post as House Speaker Jan. 11.
Madigan is now set to become the longest-serving House speaker in modern U.S. history. By the end of his two-year term in 2019,...
Tribune: Illinois residents aren't frogs, won't remain in Madigan's boiling pot
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Will County Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
Invoking an old wives’ tale referring to ambivalent, “average" amphibians, the Chicago Tribune recently created an analogy between disinterested Illinois taxpayers and...
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Debbie Kraulidis
January 9, 2017 (815) 254-0000
Rep. Batinick advances bill to enact property tax freeze
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House Revenue & Finance Committee today approved legislation filed by State Representative Mark...
County board member urges Governors State to bar illegal immigrants
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Will County Gazette
Michael Carroll | Jan 1, 2017
County board member Steve Balich urges Governors State to bar illegal immigrants. | File photo
A Will County board member this week called...
Illinois Policy 12/19/2016
Though Chicago already has the highest sales tax in the nation as well as massive property taxes, the Chicago City Council passed new hikes on parking fees in Midway and O’Hare airports.
‘Tis the season to score a...
Illinois Policy 12/5/2016
Real reform to help overtaxed Illinoisans – such as a property-tax cap and aggressive government consolidation – would be the gift that keeps giving the whole year round.
2016 was a tough year for the owners of 671...
Indiana Approves Income Tax Reduction
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May 14, 2013
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Joseph Henchman
Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R) last week signed into law the state’s 2014-15 two-year budget. The approved budget keeps spending increases below inflation and cuts the...
