Kim Foxx’s policy of issuing mass exonerations without case-by-case scrutiny has invited a flood of costly litigation.
The state should follow others by passing reforms that would make building housing easier and cheaper.
State higher ed funding is already double the national average.
The vast majority of that loss came from high-income earners leaving the state.
The state lost a bigger share per resident moving out than anywhere else in the country, according to IRS data.
Combined state and federal taxes would take more than 50% of the top-end income for 22,000 Illinois small businesses.
Residents of all age and income groups move out, but those making over $200,000 lead the departures.
A net of nearly 56,000 people and $6 billion in income left the state in 2023, according to IRS data.
State residents earn more than they did in 2019 but are falling behind the rest of the country while the tax burden drives out businesses.
The state’s cannabis taxes likely tempt residents to make purchases in neighboring Missouri, which has one of the lowest rates in the country.
School will be in session despite the Chicago Teachers Union’s relentless efforts to push students out of school and leverage labor for political gains.
Despite reforms, litigation continues over the country’s toughest such law.