Illinois Policy Institute study cited in an article on migration of Illinois residents to Indiana.

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

Late last night, the legislature passed personal and corporate income tax increases. Check out what Mayor Daley has to say about it.

Governors Scott Walker from Wisconsin and Mitch Daniels of Indiana are enthusiastic while Illinois reels from the tax hysteria that hit the state this morning.

The economy is bad and the state’s fiscal situation is worse. Lawmakers wouldn’t have raised taxes unless they needed to, right? Wrong.

The Problem Illinois’s inability to pay vendors on time is destabilizing many businesses with state contracts while at the same time hurting Illinois’s most vulnerable. According to the Illinois Comptroller’s Office, the state had $4.7 billion in payables at the end of the 2010 fiscal year in June and an additional $1.7 billion in additional...

by Wesley Fox While several of Illinois’s neighbors are moving towards cutting taxes to help promote economic growth and job creation, Governor Quinn is pushing hard for an increase in the individual income tax rate to help “solve” Illinois’s budget problems.  If he is successful, Illinois may be the only state in the region that will...