After failing to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of Senate Bill 1, which stripped a Chicago bailout from the education funding proposal, Illinois House members voted to pass a compromise bill containing the state’s first-ever tax credit scholarship program.

Since 2006, Chicago Public Schools has been deprived of $2.5 billion in property tax revenue that has been diverted to Chicago TIF districts.

Lawmakers concerned with fairness within Illinois’ education system should eliminate discriminatory subsidies.

The case against Mount Prospect, Ill., shows how tax increment financing districts siphon tax money from school districts and other taxing bodies, and diverts needed resources and puts pressure on taxpayers to make up the difference.

The Lakewood Village Board’s decision to end a 2015 TIF district is a win for local taxpayers.

As property tax bills land in mailboxes in Madison and St. Clair counties, TIF districts sap local tax dollars.

The village board of Lakewood, Illinois, will decide whether to keep a TIF district approved in 2015 in a vote scheduled for June 13.

The village of Rosemont is moving forward on a $60 million taxpayer-funded baseball stadium.

Chicago Public Schools is faced with the possibility of closing school early while Chicago sits on massive property wealth.

Though the median household income in Belleville is only $43,318, Belleville Township School District 201’s top administrators are making six-figure salaries.