McLean County school districts are urging residents to join other Illinois counties in supporting a sales tax increase ...

The delay also allows time for a broader statewide review of Illinois' property tax system, set to begin in 2025. Illinois ...

The 2024 law is similar to a law Pritzker signed in 2019 creating a property tax relief task force. The report that resulted ...

So, each resident of the secessionist counties gets $2,444 more state dollars spent in their county each year than they pay ...

G.H. Merritt explains that under the U.S. Constitution, you need approval from both the state legislature and Congress for ...

No, Indiana doesn't really want these Illinois counties — though it is easy to see why Illinois might not want them either.

The Illinois Department of Revenue set Mason County's 2024 property assessment equalization factor at 1.0544 to ensure fair ...

Sontae Massey, a cousin to Sonya Massey, who was fatally shot in her home by a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy, said he was "disgusted" by the proceeding and left with his fiancée, Margaritta Fultz, ...

This case and another taking aim at suburban counties are moving forward in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2023 that said tax sales violate private property rights guaranteed by the ...

The Illinois attorney general has said he doesn't believe it is legal or possible for counties to join another state.

The Sangamon County Board approved the settlement Tuesday night, allowing taxpayers to avoid a drawn-out and likely traumatic ...