Property taxes up 13 percent on average Chicago home

By Austin Berg

06/14/2016

The average single-family home in Chicago will see a $400 increase in property taxes. And property-tax revenues for the city of Chicago will top $1 billion for the first time in city history.

TAGS: Chicago, property rights, Rahm Emanuel

The NEIU land grab and a bill to stop it

By Bryant Jackson-Green

03/18/2015

Just because a public entity wants land doesn’t mean it should be able to take it for any reason.

TAGS: Bryn Mawr Avenue, eminent domain, Kelo v. City of New London, NEIU, NIU: Northeastern Illinois University, no cronies, property rights, Robyn Gabel

‘Last Week Tonight’ explains how police can steal your property

By Bryant Jackson-Green

10/11/2014

On Sunday, the HBO comedy news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” took a biting yet humorous look at civil asset forfeiture – a procedure that allows police in Illinois and other states to take your property without ever convicting or even charging you with a crime. The video gives a great explanation of...

TAGS: civil asset forfeiture, Last Night Tonight, property rights

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

Illinois students could soon benefit from scholarship money to help them find a tutor, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, get special education services or assist with other academic needs. That will happen in Illinois only if Gov. J.B. Pritzker lets the state’s schoolchildren benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, established...

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Property taxes up 13 percent on average Chicago home

The NEIU land grab and a bill to stop it

‘Last Week Tonight’ explains how police can steal your property

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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