Voters just north of Cook County scrap an unnecessary layer of local government and its six-figure commissioner.

Voters across seven Cook County townships strongly oppose a return of the sweetened beverage tax.

Voters in DuPage County Nov. 6 will give their opinions on a vehicle miles tax, a policy gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Senate President John Cullerton have entertained.

The village of Hoffman Estates penned a $1.8 million deal to extend the arena’s naming rights just days before Sears’ bankruptcy filing.

While J.B. Pritzker has not released a detailed tax plan of his own, reasonable cost estimates suggest the tax hike required to pay for the candidate’s spending promises would require doubling Illinois’ state income tax rate and cost the state an estimated 132,000 jobs and $31.3 billion in forgone GDP.

One wonders how many times an unpopular idea must be knocked down before it rises back from the dead. Especially when it means more money for the state. And especially in Illinois.

Illinoisans already get hosed at the pump, but politicians are looking for new ways to soak drivers.

Residents are seeing property tax dollars flow toward lobbying for policies that increase homeowners’ property tax bills.