Pensions eat up $11.6B of Illinois’ budget

By Bryce Hill, Dylan Sharkey

04/02/2024

Despite taking up 20% of the state’s general funds and $11.6 billion in total, experts said lawmakers still underpaid the five statewide government retirement plans.

Pritzker budget: $93M income tax hike for record spending

By Dylan Sharkey

04/01/2024

Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to take nearly $100 million more from Illinoisans through state income taxes, averaging $45 per family.

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Pritzker plans to keep $45 your family should be taking off state taxes

By Patrick Andriesen

03/07/2024

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed reduction of Illinois’ standard income tax exemption would increase taxes for over 11 million individuals. Some state leaders warn the effective tax hike would hit working families hardest.

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Pritzker wants to spend record amount but needs $898M in tax hikes to do it

By Bryce Hill

03/01/2024

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s record-setting $52.7 billion 2025 spending plan needs massive tax increases. Tax changes will hurt individuals, businesses and local governments.

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Paul Vallas: Illinois’ real ‘State of the State’

By Paul Vallas

02/23/2024

Illinois is on an upward path, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said during his State of the State speech. True, by some measures. Not so much by too many measures that matter.

Eliminating grocery tax would help Illinois families

By Dylan Sharkey

02/21/2024

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is supporting an end to Illinois’ 1% grocery tax. Illinois is one of only 13 states with a grocery tax, and the only one of the nation’s 10 largest states.

Our perspective: Illinois’ state budget is nearly $13B higher today than it was 6 years ago

By Hilary Gowins

02/21/2024

Pritzker proposes to permanently repeal the 1% state grocery tax. That’s good. The ballooning size of the state budget, not so good.

TAGS: budget, JB Pritzker, taxes

Vallas: ‘Illinois is back,’ but only in Pritzker’s active imagination

By Paul Vallas

12/08/2023

Gov. J.B. Pritzker told Crain’s Chicago Business, “Illinois is back.” But with a long list of state and local fiscal and economic problems, that is more spin than reality.

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Pritzker says he would sign Invest in Kids extension

By Dylan Sharkey

10/20/2023

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he would extend the Invest in Kids tax credit scholarship program if a bill reaches his desk. State lawmakers on Oct. 24 return to Springfield.

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Pritzker would veto Chicago mayor’s financial transaction tax plan

By Dylan Sharkey

10/17/2023

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he would oppose a financial transaction tax that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants as part of his plan for $800 million in new taxes.

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Pensions eat up $11.6B of Illinois’ budget

Pritzker budget: $93M income tax hike for record spending

Pritzker plans to keep $45 your family should be taking off state taxes

Pritzker wants to spend record amount but needs $898M in tax hikes to do it

Paul Vallas: Illinois’ real ‘State of the State’

Eliminating grocery tax would help Illinois families

Our perspective: Illinois’ state budget is nearly $13B higher today than it was 6 years ago

Vallas: ‘Illinois is back,’ but only in Pritzker’s active imagination

Pritzker says he would sign Invest in Kids extension

Pritzker would veto Chicago mayor’s financial transaction tax plan

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

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