Pritzker on progressive tax: ‘No guarantees’ against middle-class tax hikes

By Vincent Caruso

04/29/2019

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has made middle-class tax relief a core promise of his “fair tax” plan. But now he says there are “no guarantees” he’ll keep it.

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

Toilet scam could flush Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

By Austin Berg

04/25/2019

Why should Illinoisans trust an alleged tax cheat to judge the fairness of their tax bill?

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

Report: Absent reform, retirement benefits will eat over half of Illinois’ taxes

By Adam Schuster

04/24/2019

More than 25% of state revenue already goes to pensions and retiree health care, but Illinois would need to double that to fully fund promised benefits at current levels.

TAGS: COLA: cost of living adjustment, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, property taxes, taxes

Pritzker under federal investigation for property tax scheme

By Austin Berg

04/24/2019

Removing toilets from the governor’s Gold Coast mansion saved his family more than $331,000 in property taxes.

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, property taxes, taxes

Tax freedom: Illinoisans worked 114 days into 2019 to pay all their taxes

By Vincent Caruso

04/24/2019

Illinoisans needed extra time to pay all their federal, state and local taxes. As long as that took, a progressive state income tax would delay your freedom even more.

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, tax freedom day, taxes

Illinois employment growth continues to lag the nation through the first quarter of 2019

By Bryce Hill

04/22/2019

Illinois’ total employment growth ranks 31st from December 2018 to March 2019. Continued population loss likely to follow poor job growth.

TAGS: employment, fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, jobs, outmigration, progressive income tax, taxes, U.S. Census Bureau, unemployment

Wake-up call: Illinois shrinkage makes history

By Austin Berg

04/18/2019

The state’s punishing tax climate and ominous mountain of debt have repelled new jobs and investment. People follow.

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, outmigration, population, progressive income tax, property taxes, taxes

All Illinois metro areas saw population shrink in 2018

By Bryce Hill

04/17/2019

New Census data reveal that for the first time on record, all 10 metro areas based primarily in Illinois experienced population decline.

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, metro areas, outmigration, population, progressive income tax, property taxes, taxes, U.S. Census Bureau

Disney Plus users in Illinois would get hit under ‘Netflix tax’ proposal

04/15/2019

Imposing more Mickey Mouse taxes in Illinois is just goofy, but that’s what a proposal in Springfield would do to users of the new Disney Plus and other streaming services.

TAGS: Disney Plus, internet tax, Netflix, streaming tax, taxes

Pritzker’s tax plan would worsen Illinois’ people problem

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill

04/13/2019

With Illinoisans increasingly likely to move, Pritzker’s tax plan would send more moving vans toward the state line, and hit the gas.

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, outmigration, progressive income tax, taxes

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Pritzker on progressive tax: ‘No guarantees’ against middle-class tax hikes

Toilet scam could flush Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

Report: Absent reform, retirement benefits will eat over half of Illinois’ taxes

Pritzker under federal investigation for property tax scheme

Tax freedom: Illinoisans worked 114 days into 2019 to pay all their taxes

Illinois employment growth continues to lag the nation through the first quarter of 2019

Wake-up call: Illinois shrinkage makes history

All Illinois metro areas saw population shrink in 2018

Disney Plus users in Illinois would get hit under ‘Netflix tax’ proposal

Pritzker’s tax plan would worsen Illinois’ people problem

4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap

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