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Graduated tax plan amendment rejected

— November 3, 2020

Illinois voters rejected a proposition that would have amended the state constitution to fundamentally change the income tax system. The graduated tax amendment, a key platform of the…

What to know about the graduated tax amendment
— October 21, 2020

One of the major questions Illinois voters will answer on Nov. 3 will be on the ballot statewide – whether to amend the state’s constitution to allow for a graduated rate income…
GOP seeks to remove graduated tax measure from ballot
— May 19, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – State Republican leadership is pushing for a vote in the upcoming legislative session to remove a graduated income tax amendment question from the November general election…
House GOP continues push against a graduated income tax
— May 26, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — House Republicans on May 22 repeated their opposition to a graduated income tax amendment touted by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. In the fourth news conference in as…
Proposed Illinois tax amendment would require two-thirds vote
— April 3, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — As the Democratic-controlled state Legislature mulls a constitutional amendment to change the state’s income tax structure, Republicans in the Illinois Senate are…

Group launches push in favor of Illinois graduated tax amendment
— July 16, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — A group pushing for approval of the graduated tax constitutional amendment on Nov. 3 used tax day to further its cause Wednesday, July 15 the second of a two-day push…
Illinois House sends graduated tax question to voters
— May 31, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — A constitutional amendment that would allow the General Assembly to set higher tax rates on greater amounts of income passed its last legislative hurdle May 27 and will…
Illinois House Democrats ‘closing in’ on votes needed for tax overhaul
— May 20, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — With only two weeks remaining in the 2019 regular session, Democrats in the Illinois House say they are close to securing the 71 votes needed to pass one of Gov. J.B….