More than 25% of state revenue already goes to pensions and retiree health care, but Illinois would need to double that to fully fund promised benefits at current levels.
Removing toilets from the governor’s Gold Coast mansion saved his family more than $331,000 in property taxes.
Illinoisans needed extra time to pay all their federal, state and local taxes. As long as that took, a progressive state income tax would delay your freedom even more.
Illinois’ governor pledged to veto any map gerrymandered by state lawmakers, but it’s the process of mapmaking that needs to change.
Illinois’ total employment growth ranks 31st from December 2018 to March 2019. Continued population loss likely to follow poor job growth.
“I’m moving to Memphis. Gone after Easter dinner. “I was born and raised here in the Chicago area. I’ve watched it change. If you’re not watching and you don’t have an objective view around you or you just shut it off, you don’t notice these subtle changes. “In the last 10 years I’ve gotten significantly...
Fleeing residents continue to fuel population loss, with Cook County leading the nation for population decline.
The state’s punishing tax climate and ominous mountain of debt have repelled new jobs and investment. People follow.
New Census data reveal that for the first time on record, all 10 metro areas based primarily in Illinois experienced population decline.
Lowering the compulsory age to attend school from 6 to 5 would tie Illinois for the lowest compulsory attendance age in the nation.