Home is where the hurt is: How property taxes are crushing Illinois’ middle class
Home is where the hurt is: How property taxes are crushing Illinois’ middle class
Illinoisans’ property taxes are going up while salaries are stagnant at best.
Retirement-tax resolution
Retirement-tax resolution
Thirty-nine Illinois state representatives have signed on to a resolution stating their opposition to the imposition of a state tax on retirement income as revenue plans circulate ahead of state budget negotiations in 2016.
Growing out of control: Property taxes put increasing burden on Illinois taxpayers
Growing out of control: Property taxes put increasing burden on Illinois taxpayers
Property taxes are the single largest tax in Illinois, burdening residents far more than either income or sales taxes. Illinoisans already know they pay high property taxes. But what is not as well known is that property taxes are outpacing residents’ ability to pay for them. Over the past 50 years, whether measured in comparison...
Madigan wants to raise income taxes again
Madigan wants to raise income taxes again
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan says Illinois’ income taxes should be increased to at least 5 percent.
Illinois Lottery will pay winners starting Dec. 14
Illinois Lottery will pay winners starting Dec. 14
Funds provided through Senate Bill 2039, which Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law Dec. 7, will allow the Illinois Lottery to resume paying winning ticket holders.
The Chicago squeeze: Property taxes, fees and over 30 individual taxes crush city residents
The Chicago squeeze: Property taxes, fees and over 30 individual taxes crush city residents
Chicagoans are the most-taxed residents of any major city in Illinois and pay the 10th-highest property taxes compared to taxpayers in other large U.S. cities.
Cassandra Bajak
Cassandra Bajak
“I have friends who are very successful and friends who are barely getting by. I’d say our family is in the middle of that, living paycheck to paycheck. My husband is an Army veteran and we have two kids. “We love our neighborhood. We love our house. We built it 13 years ago and our...
Illinois sitting on upward of $80 million in unpaid lottery winnings, attorney says
Illinois sitting on upward of $80 million in unpaid lottery winnings, attorney says
Amid budget gridlock, Illinois lottery winners sue to have their winnings paid with interest and to prevent the state from selling more tickets it can’t pay out.
Unfinished business: Illinois House ends session without passing balanced budget
Unfinished business: Illinois House ends session without passing balanced budget
The Illinois House of Representatives concluded its 2015 session without passing a budget, relying instead on piecemeal legislation to resolve policy issues and fill funding gaps.
Illinois House approves $3.1 billion deal to pay lottery winners, local governments
Illinois House approves $3.1 billion deal to pay lottery winners, local governments
Amid continued budget gridlock in Springfield, Senate Bill 2039 provides funds to pay Illinois Lottery winners, as well as to allow for road maintenance, 911-center operations and projects by Chicago’s tourism office, among other local government programs.
First set of Illinois license plates without mailed renewal reminders expired Dec. 1
First set of Illinois license plates without mailed renewal reminders expired Dec. 1
The budget stalemate in Springfield has forced Illinois’ Secretary of State to suspend mailing vehicle registration renewal notices to vehicle owners.
Same old, same old: New Cook County budget hikes spending, taxes and fees
Same old, same old: New Cook County budget hikes spending, taxes and fees
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle resorted to the same tired formula that has all but bankrupted Chicago.
Illinois Lottery sales tank as Democrats block funding for payouts
Illinois Lottery sales tank as Democrats block funding for payouts
Ticket sales slumped by more than $20 million in October as lottery players balked at a broken system.
Chicago gas prices highest in the state as prices drop across U.S.
Chicago gas prices highest in the state as prices drop across U.S.
Motorists filling up at Chicago pumps can expect to pay an additional $0.16 per gallon in Regional Transportation Authority, county and city taxes, making gas sold in the city the costliest in any of Illinois’ metro areas.