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Increasing property and sales taxes will likely offset proposed savings from the governor’s progressive tax amendment

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has not ruled out a local income tax to close city’s nearly $1.2 billion budget hole

Initial unemployment claims in Illinois spiked three times higher than the national average on a percentage basis

Jo Daviess, Pope, Hardin, Carroll and Henderson counties have the highest senior populations in the state

PRESS RELEASE from the ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE MEDIA CONTACT: Melanie Krakauer (312) 607-4977 Illinois Policy Institute: Statement on progressive tax lawsuit CHICAGO (Oct. 9, 2020) – A lawsuit challenging the misleading progressive tax ballot language, brought by the Illinois Policy Institute and Illinois retirees, continues to its next legal phase. Although a Circuit Court Judge denied an emergency…

The State of Illinois violated the “free and equal” elections clause of the Illinois Constitution by using biased ballot language to mislead voters on the progressive tax

Illinois Policy Institute experts are available to discuss how to make an informed decision on the progressive tax amendment

Illinois is among the worst in the nation for job separations and hiring

All Illinoisans would see their income taxes rise by 21% under Gov. Pritzker’s rate structure just to pay off the state’s pension debt

Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation credit rating comes from decades of corruption and $140 billion in pension debt