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Illinois No. 2 in the nation for gas taxes

Illinois No. 2 in the nation for gas taxes

Illinoisans pay the nation’s second-highest gas taxes behind only Californians, thanks to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s automatic gas tax hikes. The next gas tax hike is scheduled for July 1.

By Dylan Sharkey

Illinois shorts higher ed by nearly $530M compared to 15 years ago

Illinois shorts higher ed by nearly $530M compared to 15 years ago

Illinois’ institutions of higher education will get nearly $530 million less from lawmakers to run this year than they did in fiscal year 2009, adjusted for inflation. Coupled with rapidly rising pensions, students and their families can expect ever-higher tuition costs.

By Patrick Andriesen

The Policy Shop: Chicago’s poverty paradox

The Policy Shop: Chicago’s poverty paradox

This edition of The Policy Shop is by Head of Policy Joshua Bandoch. When President Lyndon B. Johnson told the U.S. Congress in 1964 he was declaring the War on Poverty, he did not set out a vision for an America in which over $12 trillion in taxes would be spent over more than 60 years to...