Local officials’ failure to address skyrocketing property taxes has pushed residents out of McHenry County at astonishing rates.

Voters in Naperville and Lisle townships will have the chance to vote on government consolidation after the success of a similar referendum in the November elections.

2017 brings a slew of new sales tax hikes for 20 municipalities in Illinois.

Illinois’ duplicative and overlapping units of government contribute to the state’s high property tax burden, but luckily some small steps have been taken to consolidate them.

Voters in Naperville and surrounding townships voted in favor of government consolidation in nonbinding ballot questions.

A new law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner on Aug. 5 gives McHenry and Lake counties the authority to consolidate and dissolve units of local government within their boundaries, a power granted to DuPage County in 2013.

Trustees in Rosemont, Ill., voted to hike their mayor’s salary to $260,000 – a 53 percent raise.

Nearly 5,000 Chicago city workers make six-figure salaries, driving up the payroll and pension costs overtaxed city residents must pay.

Belleville City Council’s decision to dissolve its township is a great move for taxpayers. Thousands of municipalities could make the same move, too, and eliminate waste.