Turmoil overseas for the world’s leading exporter of crude oil will mean more pain at the pump for Illinoisans, after enduring a doubled state gas tax in July.

Travelers filling up in Illinois will pay a 19-cent premium for the privilege of buying gas in the Prairie State.

Illinoisans would end up paying more at the pump under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed capital plan.

Illinois can do it the old way and raise taxes to deliver pork projects. Or Illinois can be smart and make each tax dollar work hard to deliver projects that help residents and the economy.

Illinoisans already pay some of the highest taxes in the country at the pump. But a political problem for Gov. J.B. Pritzker could mean they’ll pay even more.

A proposed increase in gas taxes to pay for state infrastructure spending would impose another burden on overtaxed Illinoisans.

Illinois’ multilayered state and local gas taxes drive up prices at the pump