Day: June 20, 2018

South suburban homeowners pay more in property taxes than north suburban or Chicago homeowners – Chicago Sun-Times

June 20, 2018 No Comments

Average tax bills for single-family homes in the south suburbs were $247.39 higher in 2016 than in 2017 — an increase of about 5 percent — while those in the north suburbs went up around $213, or 3 percent, during that period, according to the Cook County clerk. And homeowners in the city saw their bills increase by nearly $110, or 3 percent.

On average, the 2017 property tax bill for a home with a market value of $200,000 would be $3,579 in Chicago, $4,593 in the north suburbs and $5,867 for a south suburban home.

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Average Chicago homeowner to pay $110 more in property taxes this year – Chicago Tribune

June 20, 2018 No Comments

The owner of a home in the city determined to be worth $224,500 will pay a bit more than $4,100 in total taxes this year — an increase of about $110, or 2.75 percent more than last year.

That same homeowner last year saw an increase of $363, which was a 10 percent hike. The rising tax bills in both years were primarily the result of Mayor Rahm Emanuel increasing property taxes to shore up pension funds for city workers and public school teachers.

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J.B. Pritzker’s campaign workers: Where’s our $15/hour minimum wage? – Quicktake

June 20, 2018 3 Comments

“We demand that J.B. Pritzker, the Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois, pay his organizing fellows,” says a petition circulated by a group called the Campaign Workers Guild. It goes on: As the pro-labor candidate in this race, it just doesn’t add up that J.B. doesn’t pay his student workers. Even Republican Governor Bruce Rauner, J.B.’s opponent and one of the most anti-union governors in the country, pays his interns…. We demand that J.B. uphold his campaign’s values by paying his fellows a fair wage of $15 an hour. A $15/hour minimum wage is indeed a core item Pritzker campaigns

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