A potential veto of Chicago’s 2026 budget by Mayor Brandon Johnson could trigger the Windy City's first-ever municipal shutdown. Johnson reportedly rebuked the budget passed by council over the ...

Over the past four years, four states have abandoned progressive income-tax formulas to embrace a flat income-tax rate like that in Illinois. That brings the number of flat-tax states to 14, with a ...

Greg Bishop provides criticism from a group of manufacturers to the talk of reviving the progressive income tax amendment for the Illinois Constitution that voters rejected in 2020. Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...

Fourteen years after Occupy Wall Street, Zohran Mamdani’s campaign radiated the spirit of the 99 percent: The mayor-elect promised to pay for free buses and universal child care by raising corporate ...

The Watchdog investigates why the IRS ended its Direct File pilot program that let taxpayers send returns straight to the agency without going through Intuit’s electronic filing system. Eric Gay / AP ...

As Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” In California, the list could also include regular political brawls over tax laws. Two battles are already ...

(The Center Square) – Manufacturers say legislators at the Illinois State Capitol have done enough damage, and a progressive tax would be too much. Last week, former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn proposed a ...