If aggrieved taxpayers don’t also demand fixes to underlying spending problems, calls for additional tax hikes will return. And they’ll be stronger than ever.

With the repeal of the Cook County sweetened beverage tax, taxpayers remind elected officials who they represent.

The Cook County Board Finance Committee voted Oct. 10 in favor of an ordinance to repeal the unpopular sweetened beverage tax. The repeal measure now awaits a vote before the full board.

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

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

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

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

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