Property taxes mount on ‘Home Alone’ house

By Brendan Bakala

12/05/2016

Real reform to help overtaxed Illinoisans – such as a property-tax cap and aggressive government consolidation – would be the gift that keeps giving the whole year round.

TAGS: property taxes

“Home Alone”: How one extreme Illinois case led to overbroad laws about child supervision

By Jeffrey Schwab

12/23/2015

Illinois’ real-life “Home Alone” story inspired legislation that gives the state too much power to intrude into parents’ reasonable decisions about their children.

TAGS: DCFS: Department of Children and Family Services

This Christmas, property taxes are robbing the McCallisters

By Austin Berg

12/22/2015

The fictional family from “Home Alone” has paid nearly $750,000 in property taxes since the film’s release, and real Illinois families are struggling under a massive local tax burden.

TAGS: property taxes

Illinois Policy Institute’s favorite Christmas movies

By Chris Andriesen

12/23/2012

Our team compiled a list of our favorite Christmas movies. And here they are in no particular order. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) Gremlins (1984) Die Hard (1988) A Christmas Story (1983) One Magic Christmas (1985) Home Alone (1990) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Love Actually (2003) How the Grinch...

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Property taxes mount on ‘Home Alone’ house

“Home Alone”: How one extreme Illinois case led to overbroad laws about child supervision

This Christmas, property taxes are robbing the McCallisters

Illinois Policy Institute’s favorite Christmas movies

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