The average Illinois household faces an increase of nearly $1,500 in its state income tax bill.

A look at the top quotes surrounding the controversial tax hike legislation.

Increases will have immediate, lasting detrimental effects on Illinois’s economy.

On Jan. 12, 2011, the lame duck 96th General Assembly increased the state personal income tax by 67 percent and the corporate income tax by 46 percent. Illinois is already losing jobs at an alarming rate, and these tax increases will only further hurt the

In 2010, Illinois Citizens spent 101 days working off their state and federal taxes, the Quinn tax hike will take even more of your time.

How will the Illinois income tax hike affect you and your family? Some of our friends from around the state tell their story.

If the vote been delayed for the new legislature to be sworn in Illinois there is a good chance the income tax hike vote wouldn’t have been passed.

A number of business owners in Springfield have expressed grave concern over the tax hike, according to the State-Journal Register.