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Rahm to push e-cigarette ‘sin tax’ hike, product restrictions

By Janelle Cammenga

09/21/2018

The proposed City Council ordinance would hike Chicago’s sales tax on liquid nicotine and mandate that stores keep vaping products below the counter.

TAGS: Chicago, e-cigarettes, Rahm Emanuel, taxes

Puzzled by property taxes: Improving transparency and fairness in Illinois’ assessment system

By Amy Korte

07/19/2018

Illinois should take steps toward more accurate and frequent property assessments to ensure the tax burden is distributed as fairly as possible.

Bad budgeting basics: How Illinois’ budget process hurts taxpayers

By Adam Schuster

06/14/2018

It is time to give taxpayers and businesses the certainty they need to plan a long-term future in the state.

Thank you for smoking: Illinois’ cigarette taxes fourth-highest in the Midwest

By Vincent Caruso

01/29/2018

The Land of Lincoln's addiction to regressive "sin taxes" burns more and more of Illinoisans' incomes.

TAGS: sales tax, taxes

For your own good: Illinois the seventh-most ‘paternalistic’ state in the country, study finds

By Vincent Caruso

01/09/2018

The Land of Lincoln is also the land of “sin” taxes, “saint” subsidies and other nanny-like policies, according to a new study.

TAGS: alcohol tax, cigarette tax, occupational licensing, sales tax

Small businesses are Illinois’ lifeblood, but they’re treated like dirt

By Austin Berg

11/22/2017

The uncomfortable truth is that no matter how many hands they shake, most General Assembly members aren’t really friendly to small businesses.

TAGS: corporate income tax, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, income tax, regulations, small business, taxes

Another Illinois manufacturer set to cross state lines

By Marianna Schmiesing

08/07/2017

Alliance Steel Corp could bring 100 new jobs to Gary, Indiana.

TAGS: Indiana, manufacturing, taxes, workers compensation

Navistar to cut production, 170 jobs from Melrose Park facility

By John Kristof

08/04/2017

Illinois’ manufacturing middle class continues to face somber news.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, Navistar

Manufacturing giant passes up Illinois for Wisconsin

By Marianna Schmiesing

07/26/2017

News outlets have reported that Foxconn will announce plans to build a production plant in Wisconsin that could employ up to 13,000 workers.

TAGS: Foxconn, manufacturing, right to work, Wisconsin, workers compensation

New study ranks Illinois 2nd-worst in fiscal health

By Marianna Schmiesing

07/12/2017

New findings from the Mercatus Center highlight how Illinois’ reliance on debt and costly pension and other employment benefits have put the state on the wrong fiscal track.

TAGS: budget, pensions

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FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

Illinois students could soon benefit from scholarship money to help them find a tutor, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, get special education services or assist with other academic needs. That will happen in Illinois only if Gov. J.B. Pritzker lets the state’s schoolchildren benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, established...

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