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This year’s reassessment saw the total value of residential properties in the township climb more than 30% over 2024. Steele said the session aims to make the appeals process easier to navigate. #propertytaxes

Republican congressional candidate Dillan Vancil criticized the state’s priorities and said taxpayer funds should be spent widening deadly stretches of Highway 34, which locals have pushed to fix for decades. #project

Using data from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Census Bureau, analysts found that Illinois lost 881,012 residents from 2012 to 2022. #economy

The latest domestic policy plan signed by President Donald Trump on July 4 will increase available funding by 12% for a key tax credit used by developers to offset a portion of construction costs. #housing

Americans for Prosperity–Illinois filed a 35-count ethics complaint and is now urging Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to hold officials accountable. #taxes

“Donald Trump’s reckless trade policies are nothing more than a tax on working families that will jack up prices, threaten jobs, and impact the way we live,” said Governor JB Pritzker. #tariffs

The tax rate went up to 8.65% on July 1 with the start of the new fiscal year. #taxes

With one of the lowest state estate tax thresholds in the country, Samuel Karnick, senior fellow at The Heartland Institute, warns Illinois’ outdated estate tax continues to threaten the future of generational farms, even as the federal government moves to ease the burden. #tax

We can’t allow Governor Pritzker’s presidential bid to get any momentum and the way to do that is to stop him in 2026. He has already set our state back financially and morally. #re-election

Treasurer Frerichs Eclipses $5 Billion In Investment Earnings for State Portfolio (Springfield, IL) - Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced that he has made more...