Both Madison and St. Clair County taxpayers paid a higher effective tax rate than the national average in 2017, a year which also saw continued outmigration from the region.

TAGS: Madison County, Metro East, property taxes, St. Clair County

Proposed Belleville budget hikes taxes on residents

By Brendan Bakala

04/07/2018

The proposed $100.8 million budget will spend millions on police and fire pensions as well as a 3 percent pay raise for city workers.

TAGS: Belleville, fees, property taxes, taxes

Belleville City Council to consider fee hikes

By Austin Berg

03/03/2018

Some businesses would see license fees double, among other fee hikes meant to shore up city finances.

TAGS: Belleville, fees, licensing, liquor laws, taxes

East St. Louis Township hires politician to shovel inch of snow

02/02/2018

East St. Louis Township paid $550 to a politician, who had previously spent four years in federal prison for tax evasion, to clear an inch of snow from the township's parking lot - a task he didn't even complete.

TAGS: consolidation, corruption, East St. Louis, local government consolidation, townships

Land of lagging: Illinois’ sluggish economy and lawmakers’ tax hike treachery

By Orphe Divounguy

01/24/2018

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

TAGS: GDP: gross domestic product, income tax, investment, taxes

Illinoisans saw jobs growth plummet after 2017 tax hike

By Orphe Divounguy, Austin Berg, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor

01/22/2018

Illinois' jobs growth trailed that of the nation during the first half of 2017, then slowed to a halt in the wake of the General Assembly's record-breaking tax hike.

TAGS: income tax, jobs, property taxes, taxes, unemployment

Belleville passes $1.2 million property tax hike to pay for pensions

By Brendan Bakala

12/20/2017

Belleville aldermen approved a 12 percent increase in the city’s property tax levy.

TAGS: Belleville, municipal pensions, pensions, property taxes

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