BLS data show that Illinois had a net loss of 354,000 adults over the last decade from its prime working-age adult population (ages 25 to 54), with 290,000 of that loss attributable to migration rather than mortality. This is a troubling sign that indicates a weak economy – and the loss of adult taxpayers and their children.

TAGS: Indiana, jobs, outmigration, population

Illinois Department of Revenue: Progressive tax would lead to job losses, out-migration

By Michael Lucci

05/04/2016

The Illinois Department of Revenue has projected losses of 20,000 private-sector jobs, 43,000 residents to other states on net, and $1.9 billion in GDP in the first four years of a progressive tax.

TAGS: graduated income tax, progressive income tax

Want to crush Illinois’ small businesses? Pass a progressive tax

By Austin Berg

05/03/2016

State Rep. Lou Lang’s progressive tax would hurt the middle class by making Illinois home to the second-highest small-business tax rate in the U.S.

TAGS: graduated income tax, progressive income tax, small business

Progressive-tax proposal would favor corporations over small businesses, give Illinois 2nd-highest small business tax in U.S.

By Michael Lucci

04/22/2016

Under Lang’s plan, Illinois’ top tax rate for noncorporate businesses would become 11.25 percent — the second-highest rate in the U.S.

TAGS: corporate income tax, fair tax, graduated income tax, income tax, Lou Lang, outmigration, progressive income tax, small business

Illinois state income taxes: Who really pays?

By Michael Lucci

04/18/2016

The top 18 percent of Illinois taxpayers cover more than 60 percent of the state’s income taxes, and the state’s millionaires pay 15 percent of Illinois’ income taxes.

TAGS: graduated income tax, income tax, progressive income tax

Chicago lost more millionaires than any other U.S. city in 2015

By Michael Lucci

04/06/2016

Millionaires are playing a large role in the broader Chicago exodus.

TAGS: Chicago, income tax, outmigration

Illinois corruption watch: January 2016

02/12/2016

In January several instances of corruption, influence peddling and mismanagement across Illinois were brought to light, from the College of DuPage’s expense-account mismanagement, to Chicago’s red-light-camera bribery case.

Internal Revenue Service

June jobs report: Illinois workforce shrinks by 36,000, working-age adults leaving the state

Illinois preliminary June jobs report: Jobs and unemployment down as workforce shrinks

IRS: Illinois is losing millennials

Illinois is losing prime working-age adults

Illinois Department of Revenue: Progressive tax would lead to job losses, out-migration

Want to crush Illinois’ small businesses? Pass a progressive tax

Progressive-tax proposal would favor corporations over small businesses, give Illinois 2nd-highest small business tax in U.S.

Illinois state income taxes: Who really pays?

Chicago lost more millionaires than any other U.S. city in 2015

Illinois corruption watch: January 2016

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students