Illinois facing lawsuits over property tax theft

By LyLena Estabine

10/30/2025

Lawsuits are mounting from homeowners, investors and counties. Unless lawmakers act, taxpayers could pay millions in damages over Illinois' unconstitutional tax sale system.

Illinois property tax rate tops U.S., but pain worse in some areas

By LyLena Estabine

09/08/2025

Illinois' high property taxes hurt the economy, particularly in communities already struggling. When government overtaxes, residents and businesses flee – leaving those remaining with a bigger tax bill.

Illinois law still says unpaid property taxes can rob you of home equity

By Cameron Jasper, LyLena Estabine

08/12/2025

Across Illinois, homeowners are losing their homes and all their equity over minor tax debts, with private investors reaping the profits. Illinois is one of the remaining states hasn’t reformed this unconstitutional practice.

Nearly 1 in 3 Illinois school contracts mislead teachers about fees they owe

By Mailee Smith

06/16/2025

Seven years after they were freed from being forced to pay unions, at least 267 of Illinois’ 866 school districts still have “fair share” language in their teachers union contracts. Those contracts are wrong and should be fixed so teachers get the truth about their pay.

TAGS: public schools

Lawmakers just passed 2 bills making Illinois even worse for business

By Joe Tabor

06/12/2025

This legislative session members of the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill to make it easier to sue out-of-state businesses and a bill that would prevent state agencies from adopting eased workplace regulations. Illinois’ business climate is bad, but these bills could make it worse.

Chicago’s housing policy still promotes exclusion

By LyLena Estabine

04/24/2025

Granny flats and basement dwellings could help with housing affordability, but Chicago’s outdated zoning rules make them nearly impossible to build. Those rules were created to promote economic and racial segregation. They need to be changed

TAGS: affordable housing

‘Homeschool Act’ creates serious legal problems, violates parents’ rights

By Mailee Smith

04/10/2025

House Bill 2827 would extensively regulate both homeschools and private schools in ways that could seriously violate Illinoisans’ rights, including a primary right established a century ago.

TAGS: homeschool

Committee OKs ‘Homeschool Act;’ fight moves to Illinois House floor

By Dylan Sharkey

03/19/2025

Illinoisans over 90,000 times said they opposed a bill regulating homeschools and private schools, but an Illinois House committee passed it anyway. Now the full Illinois House must face constitutional issues and fierce opposition to the bill.

Testimony: ‘Homeschool Act’ is unconstitutional government intrusion into families’ privacy

By Mailee Smith

03/18/2025

As Illinois House members consider regulating homeschools and private schools, Illinois Policy and parents across Illinois have registered their opposition to government intrusion into constitutionally protected rights.

TAGS: homeschool, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, private schools

Illinois lawmakers attack parents’ constitutional rights

By Mailee Smith

03/06/2025

House Bill 2827 would require all Illinois private schools to report personal information about students to local and state authorities – a prime example of Illinois government overreach and an infringement of parents’ constitutional rights.

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Illinois facing lawsuits over property tax theft

Illinois property tax rate tops U.S., but pain worse in some areas

Illinois law still says unpaid property taxes can rob you of home equity

Nearly 1 in 3 Illinois school contracts mislead teachers about fees they owe

Lawmakers just passed 2 bills making Illinois even worse for business

Chicago’s housing policy still promotes exclusion

‘Homeschool Act’ creates serious legal problems, violates parents’ rights

Committee OKs ‘Homeschool Act;’ fight moves to Illinois House floor

Testimony: ‘Homeschool Act’ is unconstitutional government intrusion into families’ privacy

Illinois lawmakers attack parents’ constitutional rights

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