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21 taxes and fees fail to balance 2020 budget

Lawmakers ended the 2019 legislative session with a whopping 21 tax and fee hikes on taxpayers totaling $4.7 billion.

Lawmakers spend record high $40.27 billion on last-minute budget

Illinois Policy Institute research reveals budget may be $1.3 billion structurally out of balance

Bill to clear false criminal records for free moves to governor’s desk

Senate Bill 482 would waive fees for expunging and sealing false criminal records in Cook County

Makeshift progressive income tax rates pass

Statement from Illinois Policy Institute

Progressive income tax amendment moves to ballot

Statement from CEO John Tillman

Media alert: Illinois House committee votes for $3.4 billion tax hike

Experts available to comment on the devastating effects of the progressive income tax

No-tax-hike plan can fund $10 billion for roads, bridges and buildings

IPI offers first plan built on reforms instead of special favors and tax hikes

50 Illinois leaders unite in opposition to progressive income tax

In an open letter to Gov. Pritzker, a bipartisan group of influencers take the side of taxpayers.

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