Indiana set to fully reopen state; Illinois remains stuck

09/24/2020

As Indiana gets back to normal, Illinois is locked into Phase 4 restrictions until further notice.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, executive order, Indiana, JB Pritzker

Indiana drops corporate tax rate as Illinois considers increasing it

07/17/2020

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ would raise Illinois business taxes to the highest in the nation as neighboring Indiana cuts taxes to draw businesses across the border.

TAGS: corporate income tax, Indiana, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax

Illinois home price growth slowest in nation last year

By Bryce Hill

02/03/2020

Home price appreciation in Illinois was the slowest in the U.S. between the third quarter of 2018 and the third quarter of 2019, federal data showed.

TAGS: Chicago, Chicagoland, Cook County, government spending, Great Recession, home values, homeownership, household income, housing, housing market, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, income tax, Indiana, investment, JB Pritzker, Lake County, mortgage, recession, spending, Springfield, tax hikes, tax increase

Indiana has seen more single-family homes than Illinois for 10 years in a row

By Austin Berg

01/13/2020

Indiana has around half the population of Illinois. But its building new homes at a rate more than 60% higher.

TAGS: construction, development, Great Recession, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, Indiana, JB Pritzker, pensions, property taxes, recession, Springfield

Indiana is building far more single-family homes than Illinois

By Austin Berg

01/03/2020

The historic change comes as skyrocketing property tax bills eat into Illinois homeowners’ bottom line.

TAGS: constitutional amendment, home values, homeownership, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, Illinois Constitution, Indiana, JB Pritzker, population, property taxes, Springfield, tax burden, tax hikes, tax increase, U.S. Census Bureau, working-age

Pritzker progressive income tax model would hike taxes on typical Illinois family

By Bryce Hill

02/20/2019

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has pointed admiringly to other Midwestern states’ progressive income tax structures, but taxes on the median Illinois family would go up under all of them.

TAGS: income tax, Indiana, Iowa, JB Pritzker, Missouri, progressive income tax, taxes, Wisconsin

Manufacturer to shutter 2 Illinois plants, open $26M Indiana facility

By Vincent Caruso

09/19/2018

Accepting a deal that includes $6 million in subsidies, Wynright Corporation will expand its operations in Indiana and close plants in suburban Elk Grove and Oak Lawn.

TAGS: Indiana, Indiana Economic Development Corporation, jobs, manufacturing, outmigration, unemployment

Another Illinois manufacturer set to cross state lines

By Marianna Schmiesing

08/07/2017

Alliance Steel Corp could bring 100 new jobs to Gary, Indiana.

TAGS: Indiana, manufacturing, taxes, workers compensation

Progressive income taxes in Illinois’ neighboring states target middle-class workers

By Ted Dabrowski, Evelyn Hussey

06/17/2017

Progressive tax proposals by Illinois Democrats would punish those in Illinois’ middle class who earn $50,000 or more and make the state even less competitive with its neighbors.

TAGS: income tax, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, progressive income tax, taxes, Wisconsin

Illinois’ neighboring states boast better credit ratings, economies

By Kevin Angell

06/16/2017

Illinois’ credit rating spirals downward while residents flee to surrounding states with stronger economies and lower taxes.

TAGS: credit rating, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, outmigration, population, Wisconsin