One in six Illinois homeowners are seriously underwater.

Illinois needs a taxpayer bill of rights to urge policymakers to budget based on available revenue — or be prepared to subject tax increases to direct voter approval.

Effective property tax reform must rein in the government costs that drive up taxes.

The corporate tax reforms under President Donald Trump’s proposed tax plan could strengthen Illinois’ position as a home for businesses, but the state’s uncompetitive income, property and death tax policies would put its residents at an even greater disadvantage with respect to other states if the president’s plan passes.

Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for such costly promises as they struggle to find opportunities of their own.

Lawmakers need to look at the state’s major spending drivers instead of increasing taxes, which will continue to drive more people out of the state.

Local officials’ failure to address skyrocketing property taxes has pushed residents out of McHenry County at astonishing rates.