Tag: Income tax

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Illinois Stealing Money from You

By: Diane Benjamin Bloomington has alluded to State cuts before but they have never provided actual numbers (that I remember). Cities across Illinois used to receive 10% of the money the State collected in local income taxes. Lawmakers reduced that to 7% in 2012. This story allows people to see how much that has cost […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Contact these Dems, ask if they were lying?

by:  Diane Benjamin We all know the “temporary” income tax increase to clear the backlog of unpaid bills didn’t do anything but give the State of Illinois more money to spend.  Illinois still has billions of dollars of unpaid bills and the interest charges that go with them.  Now Madigan and Quinn want it made […]