Illinois drivers fight back against red-light cameras

By Brendan Bakala

10/07/2017

Motorists and Abolish Red Light Cameras have filed suit against Crestwood over the village’s red-light camera at Cicero Avenue and Cal Sag Road.

TAGS: red light cameras

More than 2,200 Cook County workers receive salaries over $100,000

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

10/06/2017

More than 2,200 Cook County workers receive salaries over $100,000. For career county workers, that means pensions worth millions of dollars over the course of their retirements.

TAGS: 401(k), Cook County, municipal pensions, pensions

Wheeling to use $1 million in TIF funds to build bridge to nowhere

By Amy Korte

10/05/2017

Wheeling village trustees have voted for a plan to use tax increment financing to build a bridge to a vacant piece of land.

TAGS: TIF: Tax Increment Financing, Wheeling

Preckwinkle admits soda tax was ‘first and foremost’ about revenue

By Chris Lentino

10/05/2017

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle shared an admission that the soda tax was always about revenue.

TAGS: Cook County, municipal pensions, soda tax, Teamsters, Toni Preckwinkle

Illinois home to higher ‘sin taxes’ than every neighboring state

By Brendan Bakala

10/03/2017

Illinois ranks eighth in the nation for state and local excise and selective sales tax collections.

TAGS: alcohol tax, cigarette tax, soda tax, taxes

Illinois’ next tax hike could mean pain at the pump

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

09/29/2017

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

TAGS: gas tax, taxes

Chicago looks to add 50 “super” ticket writers to increase revenues

By Chris Lentino

09/29/2017

As Chicago faces a budget gap approaching $260 million, one alderman suggests more ticketing to close the shortfall.

TAGS: Chicago, fees, Raymond Lopez

Cook County beverage sales decline in wake of pop tax

By Brendan Bakala

09/25/2017

A new report from Can the Tax and the Illinois Food Retailers Association shows that beverage sales for Cook County retailers are down since 2016.

TAGS: Cook County, Illinois Food Retailers Association, soda tax, taxes, Toni Preckwinkle

KFC parent company sued over improper application of Cook County soda tax

By Brendan Bakala

09/22/2017

Cook County’s penny-per-ounce sweetened beverage tax has led to another lawsuit alleging a restaurant applied the tax incorrectly.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, soda tax, taxes

Illinois waits for Superman, does Amazon wear the cape?

By Austin Berg

09/14/2017

Amazon’s plans to hire 50,000 workers at the new headquarters would single-handedly shift the city and state’s economic landscape.

TAGS: Amazon, Bruce Rauner, Chicago, jobs, Rahm Emanuel

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Illinois drivers fight back against red-light cameras

More than 2,200 Cook County workers receive salaries over $100,000

Wheeling to use $1 million in TIF funds to build bridge to nowhere

Preckwinkle admits soda tax was ‘first and foremost’ about revenue

Illinois home to higher ‘sin taxes’ than every neighboring state

Illinois’ next tax hike could mean pain at the pump

Chicago looks to add 50 “super” ticket writers to increase revenues

Cook County beverage sales decline in wake of pop tax

KFC parent company sued over improper application of Cook County soda tax

Illinois waits for Superman, does Amazon wear the cape?

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