Property taxes up 13 percent on average Chicago home

By Austin Berg

06/14/2016

The average single-family home in Chicago will see a $400 increase in property taxes. And property-tax revenues for the city of Chicago will top $1 billion for the first time in city history.

TAGS: Chicago, property rights, Rahm Emanuel

The NEIU land grab and a bill to stop it

By Bryant Jackson-Green

03/18/2015

Just because a public entity wants land doesn’t mean it should be able to take it for any reason.

TAGS: Bryn Mawr Avenue, eminent domain, Kelo v. City of New London, NEIU, NIU: Northeastern Illinois University, no cronies, property rights, Robyn Gabel

‘Last Week Tonight’ explains how police can steal your property

By Bryant Jackson-Green

10/11/2014

On Sunday, the HBO comedy news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” took a biting yet humorous look at civil asset forfeiture – a procedure that allows police in Illinois and other states to take your property without ever convicting or even charging you with a crime. The video gives a great explanation of...

TAGS: civil asset forfeiture, Last Night Tonight, property rights

A city charter could bring order to Chicago’s dysfunction. How can it get one?

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students