A potential 2 percent dine-in tax imposed on Springfield restaurants has yet to be introduced, but the idea - which other towns have tried - is not a welcome one.

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.

A recent analysis ranked 75 of the most populated cities in terms of fiscal health - and placed the Windy City next to dead-last.

Illinois is broke. But leaders don’t act like it.

The Taxpayer Fiscal Charter Act would demand funding transparency before spending bills make their way out of Springfield.

Illinois will not diverge from its path of poor growth until lawmakers realize the failures of recent tax hikes.

The village of Lakewood is making encouraging reforms in a county where residents pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation.