Amendment 1 will cost typical Will County homeowner $2,046

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, Will County

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

Will County home values down 28%, property taxes up 4% since recession

By Vincent Caruso

09/12/2019

Without true pension reform, property taxes are only bound to continue eating at Will County homeowners.

TAGS: municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, property taxes, taxes, Will County

Will County weighs new 4- to 8-cent countywide gas tax atop doubled Illinois tax

By Vincent Caruso

08/03/2019

County leaders may exercise new taxing authority from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s capital plan. Illinois already doubled its portion of the gas tax, pushing the total burden to No. 3 in nation.

TAGS: gas tax, JB Pritzker, taxes, Will County

Will County shoppers would pay among nation’s highest sales taxes under referendum proposal

By Vincent Caruso

07/30/2018

A new sales tax proposed by Will County school districts would put some residents’ sales tax burden in a league with Chicago, which is home to the highest combined sales tax rate of any major city in the U.S.

TAGS: sales tax, taxes, Will County

Report: Average collar county property tax bill reaches as high as $8,890

04/16/2018

Homeowners in Chicago’s collar counties faced some of the highest average property tax bills in the state in 2017.

TAGS: DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, property taxes, taxes, Will County

Typical collar county family would pay as much as $1,000 in additional taxes under progressive tax proposal

03/19/2018

A progressive tax proposal in the Illinois House would raise taxes on an overwhelming majority of families already struggling with some of the highest tax burdens in the nation.

TAGS: collar counties, DuPage County, income tax, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, progressive income tax, taxes, Will County

Illinois has 63,000 government workers making over $100K

07/27/2017

High-priced government workers cost taxpayers in Illinois $10 billion a year, with municipal managers in areas surrounding Chicago reaping the most benefits.

TAGS: Chicago, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, LGDF: Local Government Distributive Fund, McHenry County, municipal government, Will County

Cook County population declines by 2,000 over 5 years, out-migration doubles

By Kevin Angell

06/24/2017

Cook County’s population has dropped by 2,030 since 2011, driven by the out-migration of over 230,000 residents, on net.

TAGS: Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Kendall County, Lake County, McHenry County, outmigration, population, Will County

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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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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