Chicagoans know new revenues won’t be used to pay for better roads, classrooms or public safety – these tax hikes won’t even fix what’s ailing the city’s bottom line.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, ecigs, fees, Lyft, outmigration, property taxes, Rahm Emanuel, rideshare, Uber

Chicago: 7th most expensive city in the world

By Amy Korte

09/18/2015

Driven by a costly tax burden, Chicago’s high cost of goods and services lands the Windy City in the top 10 for the most expensive 71 cities across the world, according to a new survey by UBS.

TAGS: Chicago, sales tax

Why Chicago’s ‘Netflix tax’ is illegal

By Jeffrey Schwab

09/11/2015

Chicago’s 9 percent “Netflix tax” is illegal, and the Liberty Justice Center has sued the city to stop collecting it.

TAGS: Chicago, cloud tax, Hulu, Netflix, Rahm Emanuel, Spotify

Rahm calls for the largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history

By Ted Dabrowski

09/03/2015

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel calls for property-tax hikes, garbage-collection fees and ridesharing surcharges as a stop-gap measure to plug the city’s $750 million budget hole.

TAGS: Chicago, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, fees, Rahm Emanuel

Chicago issued over 1,836 red-light camera tickets per day in last 4 years

By Hilary Gowins

08/18/2015

Chicago’s red-light cameras are merely a way for the city to extract more money from drivers; they have nothing to do with public safety.

Chicago set to make ‘chilling’ change to city ethics rules

By Austin Berg

07/28/2015

The proposed change in city code would further tilt the scales in favor of the politically powerful, as they could be granted full knowledge regarding the investigation on their wrongdoing, including information on who brought the case to light.

Fitch ‘junk’ downgrade for Chicago Board of Education highlights fantasy bond ratings

07/28/2015

Chicago will continue to slide down the ratings table.

TAGS: Chicago

Rahm Emanuel

Illinois needs a taxpayer bill of rights

Perfect storm: Metra threatens line closures as Chicago mulls ‘congestion tax’ for commuters

Rahm’s budget plan phases in $2.5 billion in new taxes and fees over 4 years

Rahm calls for largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history

Chicago: 7th most expensive city in the world

Why Chicago’s ‘Netflix tax’ is illegal

Rahm calls for the largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history

Chicago issued over 1,836 red-light camera tickets per day in last 4 years

Chicago set to make ‘chilling’ change to city ethics rules

Fitch ‘junk’ downgrade for Chicago Board of Education highlights fantasy bond ratings

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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