Naperville residents will have to pay $170,061,541 more in state income taxes if Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed tax hike is to generate the $10.3 billion in additional tax revenue that he has promised, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.
Will County residents will have to pay $544,031,025 more in state income taxes if Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed tax hike is to generate the $10.3 billion in additional tax revenue that he has promised, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.
DuPage County residents will have to pay $1,156,022,332 more in state income taxes if Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed tax hike is to generate the $10.3 billion in additional tax revenue that he has promised, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.
The state of Illinois is imploding at a frightening rate, and you’re focused on passing a bill that forces our schools to teach LGBT history?
For the first time, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB) has followed its mandate to approve directors of state police academies, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) reported recently.
Chicago-based independent education advocate Advance Illinois, which compiles data for its annual “The State We’re In” report, recently released its newest findings on the state’s education statistics, illuminating an achievement gap in need of rebalancing.
Nationally, the unemployment rate for black Americans stands at 8.1 percent, which is higher than the national average of all Americans; but Illinois has the highest black unemployment rate in the entire country at 15 percent.
Cautioning constituents to choose carefully in November’s election, District 46 state House candidate Heidi Holan recently deplored the plight of citizens struggling with “skyrocketing” tax bills despite stagnant incomes in response to Illinois’ financial woes.