04.13.20
Like most states that levy income taxes, Illinois has followed the federal government in extending the...
04.13.20
Like most states that levy income taxes, Illinois has followed the federal government in extending the...
04.10.20
The spread of the COVID-19 virus and the measures put in place to reduce the transmission of the virus have forced states and localities across the...
04.09.20
The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on all sectors, including the criminal justice system. How are the public safety agencies in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois responding to the public health emergency?
Cook County JailOn March 9, the day Illinois Governor JB...
04.03.20
States are currently facing monumental fiscal challenges posed by the economic and revenue impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. However, their ability to use fiscal policies to address these challenges is quite limited due to structural and capacity issues. Only the federal government has the...
03.27.20
This blog post presents information about the different types of individual income taxes imposed by state governments in the United States.
In 2020 forty-one states levied individual income taxes. States currently use flat rate or graduated rate models for their individual income tax...
03.24.20
03.20.20
Throughout the United States there is a bipartisan consensus that...
03.13.20
As Illinois voters head to the polls for next week’s Presidential primary, this blog post looks at another major choice that will be on the general election ballot in November: whether to replace the State’s flat-rate income tax with a graduated rate structure. The post reviews the proposed new...
03.06.20
As described in a previous blog post , Governor J.B. Pritzker’s...
02.28.20
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s second budget proposal avoids many of the pitfalls of his...