Taxpayers across Illinois oppose a progressive tax but many state lawmakers still refuse to stand up against House Speaker Mike Madigan’s progressive tax push.

A new sales tax proposed by Will County school districts would put some residents’ sales tax burden in a league with Chicago, which is home to the highest combined sales tax rate of any major city in the U.S.

Decatur City’s city manager is on his way to take the same post in Bloomington, and with it a raise that will push his income above 49 of the nation’s 50 governors.

While the name of the home stadium for the Chicago White Sox has changed over the years, its status as a tax burden has not.

Decatur’s population is shrinking, but earnings for the city manager continue to grow.

Illinois will not diverge from its path of poor growth until lawmakers realize the failures of recent tax hikes.