Illinois one of few states limiting freedom to choose fireworks on Independence Day
Illinois one of few states limiting freedom to choose fireworks on Independence Day
Illinois residents are denied the legal celebration of at least one freedom on July 4, but take their fireworks dollars to every border state to ignore the law.
Bottle racket: Illinois’ high alcohol taxes blow up cost of Independence Day celebrations
Bottle racket: Illinois’ high alcohol taxes blow up cost of Independence Day celebrations
Ahead of Independence Day, Illinoisans near the state border exercise their freedom to purchase alcohol in low-tax neighboring states.
By Vincent Caruso
Illinoisans face suspended license for texting while driving under new state law
Illinoisans face suspended license for texting while driving under new state law
This summer, drivers in Illinois will face stiffer penalties for texting behind the wheel.
Collinsville drivers honked off at Illinois gas tax hike
Collinsville drivers honked off at Illinois gas tax hike
Protesters on July 1 greeted the doubled gasoline tax in Illinois. They warned that the 19-cent hike will hurt businesses near the state line, and poor people all across the state.
By Brad Weisenstein
Illinois lawmakers pitch bogus property tax freeze to sell Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’
Illinois lawmakers pitch bogus property tax freeze to sell Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’
Property tax increases cannot be capped without addressing the costs driving high property taxes. Some lawmakers are ignoring that to draw support for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax.
By Vincent Caruso
Illinois gas tax doubles in time for record holiday traffic
Illinois gas tax doubles in time for record holiday traffic
Travelers filling up in Illinois will pay a 19-cent premium for the privilege of buying gas in the Prairie State.
By Bryce Hill
Illinois gasoline tax doubles today
Illinois gasoline tax doubles today
Starting today, the state’s tax on motor fuel will double from 19 cents to 38 cents per gallon. The hike pushes Illinois from 10th to No. 3 in the nation for high gas taxes.
By Vincent Caruso
Pritzker signs bill doubling Illinois gas tax
Pritzker signs bill doubling Illinois gas tax
Illinoisans will shoulder one of the nation’s heaviest tax burdens at the pump – and the DMV.
By Vincent Caruso
Thousands of government workers exercise rights in the year after landmark Janus case
Thousands of government workers exercise rights in the year after landmark Janus case
This is the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling government employees cannot be forced to pay a union. In that year, about 20,000 workers from just three of Illinois’ public-sector unions have said “no” to union membership.
By Mailee Smith
Illinois taxpayers to face $2.1B in new taxes on July 1
Illinois taxpayers to face $2.1B in new taxes on July 1
Starting this July, Illinoisans will pay higher taxes on gasoline, cigarettes, video gaming and more.
The time is ripe for Illinois to end gerrymandering
The time is ripe for Illinois to end gerrymandering
With support for fair maps in the Illinois General Assembly, a hungry electorate and a national conversation on gerrymandering, is the Land of Lincoln finally ready to change its own backwards mapmaking?
By Austin Berg