Lawndale News17m
Assessor Kaegi Announces Property Tax Relief Bill for Hard-hit Homeowners
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi announced the filing of a new bill in the Illinois Legislature aimed at providing property ...
Gov. JB Pritzker proposes belt-tightening budget with no new taxes, invokes Nazism in bashing Trump
In his budget and State of the State Address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked the rise of Nazi German in criticizing the Trump ...
Editorial: Gov. JB Pritzker reads the electoral tea leaves and, hooray, delivers a budget free of tax hikes
Gov. JB Pritzker’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal doesn’t raise taxes and zeroes out a costly program providing healthcare to ...
Gov. JB Pritzker proposes $2B in spending growth without new income or service taxes in budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed growing spending by about $2 billion without new income or service ...
WBEZ1d
Gov. JB Pritzker's $55.2 billion budget has no new taxes, cuts health care for adults lacking legal status
The Democratic governor also peppered his seventh budget blueprint — which Republicans derided as the largest in state ...
Chicago aldermen defer vote on added debt, reject lower speed limit
Chicago’s city council has tabled consideration of an $830 million bond issue favored by the mayor. Mayor Brandon Johnson wanted the bond money for infrastructure projects, even though the additional ...
Chalkbeat2d
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2026 budget proposal includes increases for K-12 schools and early childhood education
Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his 2026 budget address on Wednesday. Here is what he asked lawmakers to approve for early childhood, ...
FOX 322d
Illinois budget showdown: Pritzker vows no tax increases, GOP demands cuts
One Illinois lawmaker is proposing the state government create its own version of DOGE, following the lead of Elon Musk, to take a sledgehammer to waste and excessive spending in Illinois' budget.
Trump's plan to eliminate income taxes on Social Security benefits would help high-income households, report finds
President Donald Trump plans to fulfill his campaign promise to end taxes on Social Security benefit income. A new report finds that will benefit high earners.