progressive income tax

This week, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced $700 million in cuts to the current fiscal year's state budget; a special investigating committee looking into…

A broad majority of Illinois voters support major changes to the state income tax, favoring a system where the wealthy pay more. That’s according to new…

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said Thursday he’s confident the legislature will approve a graduated income tax.His comments followed a news report ($)…

This week, rallies at the statehouse over gun rights and abortion; still more questions about legalized sports betting; and despite the launch of a new…

A long time ago, the tax was proposed by the GOP and opposed by Democrats. It became law, but it didn't last long.Illinois Republicans have made it…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has finally revealed a few details about his plans to change the Illinois income tax. He's asking the General Assembly and voters to…

Republicans in the Illinois House are speaking out against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed graduated income tax.Pritzker has yet to lay out what the income…

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says he expects to work “very well” with Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker and will support two of Pritzker’s major…

Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed several bills in the past week. One would have raised the cap on how much money people wronged by state government can recover —…

J.B. Pritzker is reiterating his call for a graduated income tax — and says before that, Illinois might need to raise its existing flat tax…