The public school district in Jacksonville, Illinois, is criticizing fellow Illinoisans for educating residents about a significant sales-tax increase proposal on the ballot – a tax increase that would drive up the cost of gas, clothes, prepared food, electronics and more. School district officials called the Illinois Policy Institute a “Chicago based” group, when we’re...

There’s an old saying that goes, “don’t mix politics and business,” and as long as your business isn’t politics that’s some pretty wise advice. Unfortunately, nowadays government is more frequently going out of its way to mix business and politics in the form of tax increment financing districts, or TIF districts, and corporate welfare. For...