Chicago tops list of cities residents are leaving

09/14/2017

A new report from moving company United Van Lines shows more residents left Chicago during the summer moving months than any other metro area.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, outmigration, population, United Van Lines

Cook County isn’t buying soda tax health concerns

By Brendan Bakala

09/13/2017

A We Ask America poll shows 87.5 percent of respondents think Cook County commissioners support the sweetened beverage tax for reasons other than health.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, soda tax, taxes, Toni Preckwinkle

Illinois ranks 3rd-to-last in U.S. for state lawsuit climate

By Amy Korte

09/12/2017

Illinois ranked No. 48 of 50 states, and “Chicago or Cook County” was named the nation’s worst local jurisdiction in a survey of executives and attorneys about the fairness and reasonableness of state liability systems.

Each Chicago household on the hook for $82K in local government debt

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

09/11/2017

After a tax hike spree from Chicago-area politicians, residents are stuck paying more only to carry an ever-larger load of debt.

TAGS: Chicago, debt, municipal pensions, pensions, property taxes, Rahm Emanuel

Voters could flex their muscles after sticker shock from soda tax

By Chris Lentino

09/07/2017

Recent polls show Cook County officials could face electoral backlash for supporting the soda tax.

TAGS: Chicago, soda tax, taxes

Labor Day weekend travel made pricier by Illinois’ gas taxes

By Brendan Bakala

09/02/2017

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

TAGS: gas tax

Rauner signs school funding plan, tax credit scholarships into law

By Austin Berg

08/31/2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a school funding reform bill containing Illinois’ first-ever tax credit scholarship program.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education, property taxes

Chicagoans: Brace for yet another tax hike

By John Klingner

08/31/2017

A new property tax hike worth as much as $148 million is set to hit Chicagoans as part of the latest school funding proposal. That’s on top of the record-breaking property tax hikes Mayor Rahm Emanuel approved in 2015 and a litany of other city and county taxes and fees.

TAGS: Chicago, property taxes, taxes

Rauner signs bill to establish sexual assault evidence tracking system

By Amy Korte

08/29/2017

A new law to create a commission to develop a statewide system to track evidence in sexual assault cases could result in swifter justice for crime victims and increased accountability and transparency in the criminal justice system.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, criminal justice reform

Illinois General Assembly passes school funding plan, tax credit scholarships

By Austin Berg

08/29/2017

The Illinois Senate passed a school funding reform bill containing the state’s first-ever tax credit scholarship program. The bill now awaits the governor’s signature.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, school choice, TIF: Tax Increment Financing

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Chicago tops list of cities residents are leaving

Cook County isn’t buying soda tax health concerns

Illinois ranks 3rd-to-last in U.S. for state lawsuit climate

Each Chicago household on the hook for $82K in local government debt

Voters could flex their muscles after sticker shock from soda tax

Labor Day weekend travel made pricier by Illinois’ gas taxes

Rauner signs school funding plan, tax credit scholarships into law

Chicagoans: Brace for yet another tax hike

Rauner signs bill to establish sexual assault evidence tracking system

Illinois General Assembly passes school funding plan, tax credit scholarships

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