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Statement from Illinois Policy: Appellate Court reinstates voting on Chicago real estate transfer tax hike

An Illinois appellate court issued a decision on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “Bring Chicago Home” tax hike today.

Over 5,000 Chicago business properties face potential tax hike from Johnson’s ‘mansion tax’

Illinois Policy experts are available to comment on the mayor’s real estate transfer tax hike on the March 19 ballot in Chicago

Voting opens for hike to Chicago’s real estate transfer tax

lIlinois Policy Institute experts are available to comment on the so-called “mansion tax” on the March 19 ballot in Chicago

Lincoln Poll: 57% of Chicagoans disapprove of Mayor Johnson’s performance

At least 2 in 3 Chicago voters disapprove of Johnson’s handling of homelessness and housing, crime and migrants

Illinois Policy Institute’s Center for Poverty Solutions identifies 7 bipartisan strategies for reducing poverty

Fighting poverty isn’t a partisan issue and there is significant consensus about what can work to help 450,000 Chicagoans living in poverty, new research finds.

Illinois records 10th straight year of population decline

The state suffered the 3rd-worst population loss in the nation, an estimated 32,826 residents this year

Dr. Eddie Kornegay joins the Center for Poverty Solutions as executive director

Kornegay will lead the center’s outreach and partnership programs aimed at reducing Chicago poverty levels

Lincoln Poll: Chicago Mayor Johnson favorability very low 6 months into term

Chicagoans cite public safety, high taxes and homelessness as biggest issues facing the city

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