Illinois is tagged with more taxes when the governor had the opportunity to say no.

Lawmakers approved a legally dubious new tax on targeted advertising services as part of the state budget. Gov. J.B. Pritzker should use his line-item veto power to reject the tax.

Illinois lawmakers’ late-night budget sets a new spending record financed by more tax hikes on the final day of legislative session.

The governor’s proposal would face challenges.

In 2017, Chicagoans paid $40 million in taxes on cloud computing and streaming services. It was $150 million this past fiscal year.

Eventbrite will comply with the expanded Chicago amusement tax, and begin collecting and remitting the 9% citywide tax May 2.

Imposing more Mickey Mouse taxes in Illinois is just goofy, but that’s what a proposal in Springfield would do to users of the new Disney Plus and other streaming services.

Lawmakers in the Illinois House are weighing a bill that would tax streaming and satellite service users “for the privilege to witness, view, or otherwise enjoy the entertainment.”

PlayStation users will now see an extra 9 percent tax applied to some purchases on the platform.

A new proposal from state Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-Chicago Heights, would tax internet streaming services in Illinois, much like the potentially illegal internet streaming tax implemented in Chicago.