Pritzker hands federal relief to 2,600 small businesses while pushing for tax increase on 100,000

08/18/2020

Despite the hardships small businesses face from COVID-19 restrictions, Pritzker continues to push for a tax increase on them.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, JB Pritzker, PPRT: Personal Property Replacement Tax, progressive tax, small business

Illinois’ tax shell games means taxpayers can’t hold their governments accountable

By Craig Lesner

04/26/2016

In 2015 alone, Illinois state government redistributed more than $12 billion in income and other taxes to local governments. These financial shell games have created a needlessly complex system and make it difficult for local taxpayers to hold their governments accountable.

TAGS: LGDF: Local Government Distributive Fund, local government, PPRT: Personal Property Replacement Tax, 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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Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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