DuPage County taxpayers may save $100M by cutting government layers

By Dylan Sharkey

10/04/2022

DuPage County consolidated seven taxing bodies to streamline government. The move will save $100 million for taxpayers over two decades.

TAGS: DuPage County, local government consolidation

Amendment 1 will cost typical DuPage County homeowner $2,125

By Bryce Hill

06/20/2022

See how much more you can expect to pay in property taxes unless voters reject the first question atop Illinois’ ballot Nov. 8.

TAGS: Amendment 1, DuPage County

What DuPage County voters need to know for early or mail-in voting before April 6

By Patrick Andriesen

03/22/2021

DuPage County voters have calendar dates to watch if they are voting early or by mail ahead of the April 6 election. Here’s what they need to know.

TAGS: DuPage County, early voting, election, vote-by-mail

DuPage County, Chicago drivers facing new gas tax hikes

11/21/2020

The same law that doubled Illinois’ gas tax is now being used by DuPage County and Chicago to fill revenue shortfalls from COVID-19.

TAGS: Chicago, DuPage County, gas tax

DuPage County voters will decide ballot question on defunding police

By Joe Tabor

09/15/2020

Amid nationwide calls to defund the police, voters in DuPage County can make their voices heard by voting on two advisory referendums.

TAGS: DuPage County, police brutality, police misconduct

Will County board approves new $12M gas tax atop doubled state tax

By Vincent Caruso

12/20/2019

Will County became the first county to use new taxing authority under Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s capital plan, adding a new countywide gas tax of 4 cents per gallon atop state and local gas taxes.

TAGS: capital plan, collar counties, DuPage County, excise tax, gas tax, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, JB Pritzker, Joliet, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, sales tax, Springfield, tax hikes, tax increase, Will County

More Illinoisans on food stamps this Thanksgiving, 50K recipients will soon need jobs

11/26/2019

This Thanksgiving, about 17,500 more Illinoisans will be using food stamps. By New Year’s, about 50,000 Cook County recipients must find jobs or lose benefits.

TAGS: constitutional amendment, Cook County, Donald Trump, DuPage County, food stamps, Illinois, JB Pritzker, link card, Midwest, progressive income tax, SNAP, social services

Where you can and can’t buy recreational marijuana in Illinois

11/15/2019

Many Illinois municipalities have voted to ban or restrict marijuana sales when it becomes legal for sale. Here’s a list of where pot will, won’t and might be legally bought.

TAGS: Arlington Heights, Bolingbrook, Buffalo Grove, cannabis, Carbondale, Carol Stream, Chicago, City of Springfield, collar counties, Collinsville, Danville, Decatur, Downers Grove, DuPage County, Edwardsville, Elmhurst, Grayslake, Highland Park, Joliet, Lake Forest, Lake Zurich, legalization, Libertyville, Lombard, marijuana, Mundelein, municipal government, Naperville, Northbrook, Oak Park, Plainfield, prohibition, Schaumburg, Urbana, Waukegan, Wheaton, Winnetka

DuPage County home values down 24%, property tax up 7% since recession

By Vincent Caruso

09/09/2019

Without true pension reform, property taxes are only bound to continue swamping DuPage County homeowners.

TAGS: DuPage County, home values, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, property taxes, taxes

Pritzker ‘fair tax’ could cost DuPage County families nearly $1,500

By Austin Berg

02/19/2019

Gov. J.B. Pritzker claims his progressive income tax hike will only affect the rich. But Illinoisans making as little as $26,100 would see an income tax hike under rates Pritzker cited in his budget address.

TAGS: DuPage County, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes