Residents are seeing property tax dollars flow toward lobbying for policies that increase homeowners’ property tax bills.

More than half of local school district administrators earn more than $100,000, and those incomes will get a boost after a recent board decision.

Many school district employees’ earnings are more than double that of the typical Belleville household.

One Crystal Lake school district superintendent has become the latest public official to collect a salary nearing $200,000, following a vote by the district board.

Illinois' spending on administrative costs is among the highest in the nation, sapping scarce dollars from the classroom. But a new bill would slow the growth in these expenses and align them with taxpayers' ability to pay.

Illinois' spending on administrative costs is among the highest in the nation, sapping scarce dollars from the classroom. But a new bill would slow the growth in these expenses and align them with taxpayers' ability to pay.

Illinoisans shoulder some of the highest property taxes in the country. This burden is key to understanding the state's outmigration problem. Despite the failure of lawmakers to reverse this crisis, there remain a number of sound reforms waiting for consideration.

Illinois’ school district debt and unfair government union bargaining laws contribute to the state’s massive property taxes.

Illinois school districts spent $1 billion on district-level administration in fiscal year 2014 – more than any other state.

Local spending drivers need to be reformed to truly relieve taxpayers of Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes.