A set of structural reforms that protect taxpayers and put Illinois on the path to prosperity.

Chicago would create new transit-based super TIFs before the close of the year in order to secure federal funding, while adding more opportunities for city-run slush funds to hoard tax dollars.

A law passed by the Illinois General Assembly in June allows Chicago to create new transit-based super TIFs, adding more opportunities for city-run slush funds to divert and hoard property-tax dollars.

City officials are moving to develop the largest remaining plot of vacant land to ensure huge windfalls for a city-run slush fund.

Creating a tax increment financing district around the Lathrop Homes redevelopment will ensure that 100 percent of property-tax revenue generated on the site will go to a city-run slush fund.

Property taxes are the single largest tax in Illinois, burdening residents far more than either income or sales taxes. Illinoisans already know they pay high property taxes. But what is not as well known is that property taxes are outpacing residents’ ability to pay for them. Over the past 50 years, whether measured in comparison...

Arguing that tax hikes are a precursor to growth and a flood of new residents is simply backward.

Illinois politicians passed a record income tax increase in January 2011. Part of the deal they made was to allow most of that tax hike to sunset in 2015. That deadline is quickly approaching – Illinois’ income tax rates are legally required to come down in nearly six months. Lawmakers should have been preparing for...