If approved, the measure would spread the airport’s tax burden across more of McLean County. That would theoretically mean lower taxes for property owners in Bloomington-Normal but higher taxes for those in rural parts of the county. Some small-town mayors are opposed to the idea, which airport leaders have tried unsuccessfully for years to get passed.

U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood and Mike Quigley are proposing big penalties for anyone in power who mishandles classified documents.

A new report shows that Illinois is a top state for so-called “thermonuclear verdicts.” Marathon Strategies found that juries in Illinois state and federal courts issued multi-million dollar verdicts against corporations that have totaled $3.3 billion since the Great Recession of 2009.

Here are the statistics from Kiplinger that determined Illinois is the worst for the middle-class: State Income Tax Range, 4.95%; Average Combined State and Local Sales Tax Rate, 8.73%; Median Property Tax Rate, $2,073 per $100,000 of assessed home value.

Under the legislation, if a veteran with a spouse dies while their veteran’s homestead exemption is under review, the review will continue, and if the exemption would have been granted for the veteran, then it will be granted to the surviving spouse.

In the ranking of overall value to taxpayers, Illinois finished worse (36) than nearby states such as Missouri (5), Iowa (11), Wisconsin (13), Kentucky (14) and Indiana (29).

Answer the Public, using autocomplete data pulled from Google and other search engines, has determined some of the most popular search queries about Illinois as of March 24. Among them: Are Illinois taxes high? Can Illinois governor remove a sheriff? Illinois who is my state representative? Illinois without Chicago.

The subcommittee has been actively investigating censorship of truthful information posted to social media websites that were removed by the Biden Administration in what free speech advocates have deemed the “Censorship Industrial Complex.”

Jim Dey: “(Admitted co-conspirator and former Commonwealth Edison Vice President Fidel) Marquez grabbed the fed’s life preserver and began wearing a wire and video recorder. Last week, he testified at length about how and why the utility put (Michael) Madigan friends and associates in lucrative no-show jobs in exchange for Madigan looking favorably on utility-backed legislation.”

“Pritzker money is driving rotten and mistaken attacks on three candidates for the Champaign School Board…The vehemence and vagueness of the Pritzker attacks are more suited to traditional political campaigns for important political offices. That sort of approach is sometimes distasteful and sometimes unfair even at that level. To stoop so low as to introduce this kind of partisan nastiness in a school board election is beyond the pale.”

Already eliminated in more than 20 states, advocates say the costs of the fines and fees especially impact families of color and lower income families. A recent report from the Illinois Statutory Court Fee Task Force recommended abolishment and found the assessments “undermine the goal of achieving rehabilitation.”