One community in northern Illinois’ McHenry County is a case study on the glacial pace of consolidation in a state with the most units of local government – and some of the highest property taxes – in the nation.
City Council gave private ‘booting’ companies the blessing to charge Chicagoans more to remove the device from vehicles.
A new ad campaign by the Badger State digs into millennials’ growing disillusion with the Land of Lincoln.
State lawmakers would be wise to re-examine the barriers to second chances and first careers throughout the state.
The $1.6 billion assembly plant will create an estimated 4,000 jobs for Alabama residents by 2021.
Illinois’ failure to keep and attract residents is driving the Land of Lincoln’s population decline.
A series of recent reports have illustrated the severity of the Land of Lincoln’s outmigration trend.
Illinois’ unfair collective bargaining laws led to a five-year contract offer on the eve of a strike vote.
The Land of Lincoln is also the land of “sin” taxes, “saint” subsidies and other nanny-like policies, according to a new study.
The Mount Prospect village manager is set to receive a $214,000 salary in 2018, joining a long list of other Illinois municipal officials collecting similar and even larger paychecks.
While effective property tax rates might be on the decline in some communities, census data show Illinois families are seeing a larger share of their household budgets eaten up by property tax bills.