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Which Halloween candy has the highest taxes?

Illinois taxes candy differently, charging six times more for one flavor of candy bar than for another by the same manufacturer

What’s actually in Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget: Property tax hikes, growing pension debt and future cuts or costs

Illinois Policy Institute experts are available to discuss the city’s financial challenges

Illinois enacts overdue first step in ethics reform

Illinois Policy Institute experts say lawmakers must pursue additional anti-corruption measures

$75 billion local pension debt drives Illinois’ high property tax burden

Illinois households own an average of $45,151 in state and local pension debt

40 cents of every Illinois general education dollar diverted to pensions

Teacher pension spending rose drastically; general education spending increased incrementally

Typical Chicago family will see up to $180 property tax increase in new city budget

Chicago property taxes have grown 90% since 2010, while pensions eat up larger percentage of city budget

Gov. Pritzker signs bill to show how Illinois construction funds are spent

Illinois Policy Institute experts say this is progress for government transparency and efficient infrastructure spending

Black workers suffer most from Illinois’ slow recovery from COVID-19

Monthly jobs tracker: over 300,000 prime working-age Illinoisans still unemployed

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