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

Missouri’s right-to-work vote: Boon or boondoggle?

By Austin Berg

08/09/2018

Without right-to-work protections currently offered in 27 states, you pay the union or lose your job. It’s very simple.

TAGS: Eric Greitens, labor, Missouri, right to work, unions

Belleville has seen sharpest population decline among top Illinois cities since 2010

By Vincent Caruso

06/08/2018

As Illinois struggles to address its people problem, population loss has plagued communities across the Land of Lincoln. But the shrinkage in some areas has been more severe than others.

TAGS: Belleville, jobs, Metro East, Missouri, outmigration, population

Typical Illinois family would see a tax hike under nearby states’ progressive tax rates

By Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor

04/10/2018

As examples of the type of progressive tax plan he would like to see in Illinois, J.B. Pritzker pointed to other Midwestern states. But imposing those income tax rates would raise taxes on the median Illinois family.

TAGS: income tax, Missouri, progressive income tax, taxes, Wisconsin

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

The shrinking Metro East

By Brendan Bakala

04/10/2017

St. Clair and Madison counties saw combined population losses of more than 1,600 people due to out-migration to other states.

TAGS: Madison County, Metro East, Missouri, Monroe County, outmigration, population, St. Clair County, St. Louis, U.S. Census Bureau

Illinois now surrounded by Right-to-Work states

By Michael Lucci

02/06/2017

Missouri has become the 28th state to enact Right to Work, causing Illinois’ regional competitiveness to decline further.

TAGS: Eric Greitens, jobs, Missouri, outmigration, right to work, unions

Meet the company pushing sales-tax hikes across Illinois

By Brian Costin

10/14/2014

Fourteen Illinois counties face higher sales taxes if referendums pass at the ballot box this fall. The tax is called the Illinois County School Facility Occupation Tax, or County School Facility Tax (CSFT) for short. The law authorizing the tax, which passed in 2007, allows school boards representing 51 percent of a county’s student population...

TAGS: Missouri, Nicolaus & Co., sales tax, Stifel Nicolaus & Co., taxes

Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois

Illinois finds itself at a crossroads: will it empower minorities and poor people to unleash their potential, or will it perpetuate an inequitable status quo? For far too many Illinoisans, opportunity is unfairly and unnecessarily out of reach. Illinois ranks in the bottom ten among all states in social mobility and last among Midwest states...

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