Illinoisans will have to work for 119 days this year to pay their federal, state and local tax bills.

Decatur’s population is shrinking, but earnings for the city manager continue to grow.

A progressive tax proposal in the Illinois House would raise taxes on an overwhelming majority of families already struggling with some of the highest tax burdens in the nation.

Madison County voters have twice turned down a proposed sales-tax hike to fund school facilities projects, but the proposal will appear again on March primary ballots. If approved, shoppers in Collinsville and Granite City would see some of the highest sales tax rates in the country.

Despite residents seeing some of the highest property tax bills in the state, the Wheeling Board of Trustees approved a preliminary agreement giving a developer nearly $7 million to build apartments and retail space in the village.

Growth in state spending per capita outpaced per capita personal income growth by nearly 40 percent in Jackson County.