By: Diane Benjamin
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July 1, 2025 State gas tax is increasing to 48.3 cents per gallon. https://tax.illinois.gov/research/publications/bulletins/fy-2025-23.html
Meanwhile Springfield politicians still don’t have enough money so they are considering a per mile tax too. Add another 8 cents per gallon for Bloomington and Normal.
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The 1% Sales Tax for schools goes into effect July 1, 2025. Your property tax bills will not go down, they might increase at a slower rate.
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May 1st Bloomington’s second 33% water rate increase went into effect. Next May 1st they increase another 33%. They already increase 33% last year.
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Electricity rates for both Bloomington and Normal are increasing July 1, 2025 from 8.324 cents per kilowatt-hour to 10.899 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Below are sales tax rates for Bloomington and Normal BEFORE the above increases. https://mytax.illinois.gov/_/#4
Have you noticed nobody mentions where the cannabis tax (14.75%) goes or how much is collected? Notice local governments still don’t have enough money?
Your all Inyeenet of Things and Human Factors test rats to be examined, surveilled aka digital transformation and tracked and you get to pay for it all “public safety/security and managed services” ya know.
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Internet of Things (corrected)
1. So am I to understand with the per mile tax and the gas tax, petrol based car owners will be taxed twice?
Plus sales tax, that3 times
Steve Lehto released a video on the IL proposed mileage tax.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVHvIfg6MZk
There is also the proposed delivery charge too. Order from Amazon for example, pay a charge for home delivery.
Never enough money for the left
The local birdcage liner paper headline states
“Report: Illinois must build 227K units in 5 years to keep up with housing demand”
Seriously, who would want to move to IL or stay here. The last I knew more people were leaving IL verses those coming to IL
JB must be going to need housing for his illegals.