In a matter of hours, Illinoisans saw bipartisan opposition to property tax relief and bipartisan support for higher property taxes.

Homeowners’ 2017 property tax bills (payable in 2018) outpace the state and national average, when measured as a share of home value.

Homeowners’ 2017 property tax bills (payable in 2018) outpace the state and national average, when measured as a share of home value.

Lawmakers should voluntarily adopt a spending cap to give taxpayers the certainty they deserve.

A new report would have Illinoisans believe that a progressive income tax means tax cuts and economic growth. Illinois lawmakers’ tax-and-spend tendencies and evidence from all 50 states say otherwise.

A progressive income tax isn’t really about fairness. It’s just the next idea in a long line of failed policies hoping to pay for spending levels Illinoisans can’t afford.

With countywide population dipping, remaining taxpayers in Macon County are being left with an ever-increasing property tax bill.

State lawmakers are facing a choice: side with House Speaker Mike Madigan or with tapped-out taxpayers.

Since 1991, some Illinois counties have traded voters’ ability to influence reductions in property taxes for a statutory limit on their growth. A recent Senate bill, however, would restore voters’ ability to reduce property tax levies through referendums.

A constitutional amendment to impose fiscal discipline on state lawmakers is gaining bipartisan support.