Every Illinoisan would feel the strain of higher taxes if progressive income tax rates were enacted that truly close the state’s $3.4 billion budget deficit. Illinois Policy Institute researchers found Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed tax rates could not...
Deleting one sentence from the Illinois Constitution will make Illinoisans vulnerable to extra charges atop their income taxes under a constitutional amendment championed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
The Illinois Constitution currently bars the state from imposing more than one type...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been pitching his graduated income tax as a way to cut property taxes, but there will be little to no relief without a plan to fix public employee pensions and health insurance.
Illinoisans pay the...
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Illinois lawmakers flock to oppose retirement tax after proposal from business leaders
By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network
Illinois state Representative David McSweeney, R-Barrington HillsPhoto courtesy of state Rep. David McSweeney's office
Some Illinois lawmakers want to get out in...
Illinois lawmakers make case for financial transactions tax
By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network
Mar 15, 2019
Chicago Board of Trade building.CiEll / Shutterstock.com
Supporters are making a case for instituting a new tax on financial transactions in the state...
Gov. Pritzker's new climate strategy is all pain, no gain
by Jay Lehr, Ph.D and Tom Harris | Jan 30, 2019
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High taxes, record debt, underfunded pensions, notorious corruption, and an ongoing urban crime problem are only a few of Illinois’ most pressing...
One Illinois taxing body wants to press pause on property taxes
By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
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Township Officials of Illinois Executive Director Bryan Smith talks about townships with excess funds. Image of Maine Township from...
Democrats now pushing many of the same socialist policies that destroyed Venezuela
By Justin Haskins | Fox News
Protests against the Nicolas Maduro regime in Caracas, Venezuela on Wednesday, Jan 23 2019 (Fox News)
Venezuela is once again in a state of economic and political chaos. Juan...
Progressively worse: Pritzker’s tax push has a dangerous precedent
By Austin Berg | Illinois News Network
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker
Nam Y. Huh | AP
Gov. J.B. Pritzker took his first steps toward axing Illinois’ flat income tax protection this week. His...
