House Floor Amendment No. 2 to Senate Bill 9 would permanently increase the individual income tax rate to 4.95 percent and the corporate income tax rate to 7 percent, but would not expand the state sales tax to services.

Nearly 4 out of 5 Illinoisans support term limits for lawmakers.

Madigan has stared down Gov. Bruce Rauner for more than 700 days and Rauner just blinked.

Progressive tax proposals by Illinois Democrats would punish those in Illinois’ middle class who earn $50,000 or more and make the state even less competitive with its neighbors.

Lawmakers need to enact comprehensive property tax reform to provide relief for overburdened state taxpayers.

Despite $30 billion in extra tax revenue, the politicians who passed Illinois’ 2011 income tax hike failed to solve Illinois’ pension crisis or pay off the state’s bill backlog.