Dozens of states have a general sales tax. In Illinois, the tax covers consumer goods, but not services. That's a mistake, ...

After soaring during the pandemic recovery in 2021, the number of million-dollar earners in Illinois took a downward turn in ...

Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...

Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...

Minnesota lawmakers are under pressure to extend tax breaks for data centers as the industry is poised to grow explosively in the state. Those sales tax exemptions are already worth about $100 million ...

At their first meeting of the year, the Illinois Gaming Board discusses 2024 revenue and reminds residents to gamble ...

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

State and local governments earned more than $1.7 billion in tax revenue (excluding December sports wagering numbers) from Illinois’ 16 licensed casinos, about 8,700 video gaming terminals and 14 ...

Lawmakers in Illinois filed online casino proposals after Gov. JB Pritzker said it was "worthy of consideration." ...

As the fifth anniversary of the legalization of “adult use cannabis in Illinois” rolls around, the state is celebrating the fourth year of record-setting sales.

At the Illinois Gaming Board’s first meeting of the year, it reported that the State and local governments earned more than $1.7 billion in tax revenue from Illinois’ ...