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Chicago has 2nd-highest commercial property taxes in U.S.

By Justin Carlson
07/07/2023
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and progressive allies said the city can find fiscal flexibility by taxing big business. The city is already home to the second-highest commercial property taxes in the nation.

TAGS: corporate income tax

Citadel 3rd major company to leave Illinois in 2 months

By Dylan Sharkey
06/23/2022
Hedge-fund firm Citadel is moving its headquarters to Miami. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said many employees have asked to move out of Illinois.

TAGS: Chicago, Citadel, corporate income tax, crime, Ken Griffin, outmigration

Biden corporate tax plan would push Illinois rates to No. 5

04/02/2021
Combine the corporate tax rate President Joe Biden wants to fund his infrastructure plan with Illinois’ tax, and the resulting rate would be 35.4% – fifth highest in the nation and second in the Midwest.

TAGS: corporate income tax, COVID-19, JB Pritzker, Joe Biden, small business

Pritzker again after up to $1B tax hike on 440,000 Illinois small businesses

By Bryce Hill
03/16/2021
Federal tax relief was championed so small businesses could better deal with COVID-19 economic impacts. Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to undo that relief to keep $1 billion in state taxes from Illinois small businesses.

TAGS: corporate income tax, JB Pritzker, small business, tax hikes

Illinois’ high corporate tax rate hurts jobs when businesses need COVID-19 help

By Brad Weisenstein
02/09/2021
A new ranking puts Illinois’ corporate tax rates near the top. Still, Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to extract $900 million more from corporations after failing to stop up to $1 billion in COVID-19 tax credits for small businesses.

TAGS: corporate income tax, COVID-19, jobs, loophole

Progressive income tax study guide

By Orphe Divounguy, Adam Schuster, Bryce Hill
08/27/2020
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls it the “fair tax.” Opponents say it’s a “blank check” for irresponsible spending. Here’s what you need to know.

TAGS: ballot referendums, California, Connecticut, corporate income tax, fair tax, general election, graduated income tax, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, income tax, JB Pritzker, middle class, outmigration, Springfield

Indiana drops corporate tax rate as Illinois considers increasing it

07/17/2020
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ would raise Illinois business taxes to the highest in the nation as neighboring Indiana cuts taxes to draw businesses across the border.

TAGS: corporate income tax, Indiana, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax

Why Illinois lawmakers can and should withdraw the progressive income tax hike

By Bryce Hill
04/09/2020
State lawmakers in 2019 passed a progressive income tax amendment at the behest of Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Now that coronavirus has ravaged the state’s small business community, they should withdraw the amendment.

TAGS: corporate income tax, Don Harmon, fair tax, graduated income tax, Illinois Constitution, progressive income tax, small business

Illinois moves Tax Day to July 15 in response to coronavirus spread

03/25/2020
The change puts Illinois in line with the new federal deadline announced in response to the spread of the coronavirus.

TAGS: coronavirus, corporate income tax, COVID-19, income tax, JB Pritzker

Slowest-growing states have progressive income taxes

By Bryce Hill
02/07/2020
Fewer people want to live in states with progressive income taxes. So after 6 straight years of population loss, why would Illinois want to join them?

TAGS: ballot, ballot referendums, corporate income tax, fair tax, flat tax, graduated income tax, Great Recession, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, Illinois Constitution, income tax, JB Pritzker, outmigration, pensions, population, progressive income tax, recession, spending cap, Springfield, tax burden, tax hikes, tax increase, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Census Bureau, West Virginia, working-age

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Center for Poverty Solutions: How to better assess poverty in Chicago and America


America’s War on Poverty has been an abject failure. Nearly $12 trillion and 60 years later, official poverty rates remain basically unchanged. While the nation waged a well-intentioned assault on poverty, it inadvertently launched a far more sinister war: on dignity. While attempting to eradicate poverty, America created countless government welfare programs. In doing so,...

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

By Paul Kersey
06/19/2014
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CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students

By Ted Dabrowski
05/02/2016

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