46 towns have passed a grocery tax. Is your town next?

By Dylan Sharkey

01/16/2025

Already 46 towns around Illinois have voted to impose a 1% grocery tax in 2026. Other Illinoisans will start to save 1% on groceries when the statewide tax ends.

TAGS: grocery tax

Illinois pension crisis would devour ‘millionaire tax’

By Bryce Hill

10/29/2024

Illinois needs to spend $4.9 billion more annually to pay for pensions, but the “millionaire tax” would only raise an estimated $3-$4.3 billion. That’s too little for the pension bills and would leave nothing for property tax relief.

‘Millionaire’ tax would be $2-$3.3 billion short of providing any property tax relief

By Bryce Hill

10/22/2024

Illinois’ state budget needs more than $6.3 billion to cover its own shortfalls before it can provide property tax relief to Illinoisans.

How much will your community save from Illinois grocery tax repeal?

By Dylan Sharkey

10/02/2024

Illinois is doing away with the statewide grocery tax. Look below to see how much taxpayers in your town or county will save when the tax goes away in 2026 – unless local leaders decide to keep it.

Pritzker’s gas tax hike doubles yearly take to nearly $2B

By Patrick Andriesen

10/01/2024

Illinois drivers are expected to pay nearly $2 billion in state gas taxes by the end of the year, more than twice what they paid before Gov. J.B. Pritzker took office and doubled the tax. Pritzker’s tax hike took $4 billion extra from drivers between 2019 and 2023.

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Shampoo bottles, telehealth, property taxes in over 275 new Illinois laws

By Joe Tabor

09/13/2024

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed over 275 bills into law recently. Here is what you need to know about changes to taxes, hotel shampoo, light bulbs and virtual health care.

2 new Illinois property taxes laws fail to offer taxpayers real relief

By Joe Tabor

09/05/2024

Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently approved two laws intended to spur change in the way property taxes work in Illinois. They are old ideas that will provide more show than relief.

TAGS: property taxes

How much does your town make from marijuana tax?

By Kurtis Karg

07/10/2024

Cannabis tax revenue is stalling statewide in Illinois, but communities still see a tax benefit. See how much your town took in during the past 12 months.

TAGS: cannabis, tax

Illinois state gas tax to hit 47 cents July 1

By Dylan Sharkey

04/30/2024

After July 1, Illinois motorists will be averaging $184 more in state gas taxes since Gov. J.B. Pritzker doubled them in 2019. Illinois motorists already pay the second-highest gas taxes in the nation, and inflation adjustments just take them higher.

TAGS: gas tax

5 problems with report implying Illinois is growing. Problem No. 1: it’s not

By Bryce Hill

10/25/2023

Authors left out key data that contradicted their findings to claim Illinois’ population is growing. Evidence Illinois is shrinking comes independently from the IRS, U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois Department of Revenue and multiple moving companies.

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46 towns have passed a grocery tax. Is your town next?

Illinois pension crisis would devour ‘millionaire tax’

‘Millionaire’ tax would be $2-$3.3 billion short of providing any property tax relief

How much will your community save from Illinois grocery tax repeal?

Pritzker’s gas tax hike doubles yearly take to nearly $2B

Shampoo bottles, telehealth, property taxes in over 275 new Illinois laws

2 new Illinois property taxes laws fail to offer taxpayers real relief

How much does your town make from marijuana tax?

Illinois state gas tax to hit 47 cents July 1

5 problems with report implying Illinois is growing. Problem No. 1: it’s not

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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