Amendment 1 will cost typical Lake County homeowner $2,330

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, Lake County

The problem with property taxes in the Chicago suburbs

By Hilary Gowins

09/08/2021

Property taxes keep going up, but services aren’t improving. Paying more and getting less is a trend that residents want to see reversed.

TAGS: Lake County, pensions, property taxes

What Lake County voters need to know to vote early or by mail before April 6

By Patrick Andriesen

03/22/2021

Lake 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: early voting, election, Lake County, vote-by-mail

Lake County looks at 4-cent gas tax hike using law that doubled state gas tax

By Patrick Andriesen

03/05/2021

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker approved doubling the state gas tax in 2019 and gave some counties and Chicago the power to hike local gas taxes. Lake County is the latest to consider doing so.

TAGS: gas tax, Lake County

Plea deal drops felony against former Lake Forest city manager who pushed for Amtrak stop

By Vincent Caruso

02/27/2020

Hiding lobbyist payments led to a felony indictment in October against Lake Forest’s longtime former city manager. His plea bargain drops the felony and could eventually leave his record clean.

TAGS: Amtrak, Bob Kiely, felony, investigation, Lake County, Lake Forest, laundering, lobbying, misconduct

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

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

Lake County residents pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation

05/07/2019

As property tax bills hit Lake County mailboxes, residents get a stark reminder that Illinois needs pension reform, not higher taxes.

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, Lake County, outmigration, population, progressive income tax, property taxes, taxes

Pritzker ‘fair tax’ could hike taxes on typical Lake County family by up to $1,400

By Vincent Caruso

01/25/2019

While progressive tax proponents champion their “tax on the rich,” middle-income families in Lake County – home to the state’s highest property taxes – could see a big tax hike under income tax models praised by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

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

Lake County village rejects sales tax referendum

By Janelle Cammenga

11/07/2018

A proposed 1 percent sales tax would have increased the village of Barrington’s sales tax burden to among the highest in the nation.

TAGS: Barrington, Lake County, sales tax, taxes