SPRINGFIELD – Beginning Friday Aug. 5 and lasting through Sunday, Aug. 14, the state will reduce its sales tax rate from 6.25 percent to 1.25 percent for certain clothing items costing…
A “perfect storm” of issues has sucked $2.7 billion out of Illinois’ coffers, according to a state finance expert. Jim Muschinske, revenue manager for the state’s Commission…
SPRINGFIELD — A U.S. Supreme Court decision last year allows states to collect sales taxes from online retailers, even if they don’t have a physical presence in the state. Now,…
Voters in Peoria County approved a property tax increase Nov. 8 to provide assistance to people with developmental disabilities, military veterans, and the families of both living and…
Public input on the proposed increase in Cook County’s sales tax rate will be received July 15. The County Board’s Finance Committee will conduct a public hearing and committee…
SPRINGFIELD – Legal marijuana sales in the state remained strong in February, with nearly $35 million spent on marijuana and infused products in the second month of adult-use legalization….
There are few things law-abiding taxpayers like less than paying for the incarceration of jail inmates. It is, however, a necessary evil, and until the tail end of 2018, Woodford County…
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is hoping for less turbulent times in 2016. Reinstatement of the county sales tax hike that she campaigned against and pushing for…
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
Pritzker defends Illinois’ immigration lawsGov. J.B. Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ ...
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Food Bank fills gap with ...With schools closed for the summer, the Geneva-based Northern Illinois Food Bank ...
