TCR spoke to fiscal, education and policy experts to understand options that go from creating new revenue sources from scratch to reforming existing ones Property taxes are a recurring topic in ...

The Sports Betting Alliance is sounding the alarm over a proposed per-bet tax in Chicago. That per-bet tax would be in addition to the one imposed by Illinois lawmakers in July. The state per-bet tax ...

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) told state agencies to find 4% in cuts due to less funding coming to Illinois from the federal government. Pritzker signed an executive order on Tuesday requiring agencies to ...

New taxes on Uber, automatic property tax hikes and higher liquor taxes are all being pushed as Chicago leaders seek to spend ...

Illinois agencies must identify spending reductions and create reserves in their budgets to prepare for an economic downturn, according to an executive order issued Tuesday by Gov. JB Pritzker.

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality, using the power of investigative journalism. Our mission is national but ...

Illinois' median income of $65,513 shines in the latest census data, giving residents a financial edge over many states where ...