Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Illinois is starting to sound like an organized crime family.
Oh how clever, the Tax Wizards find a new tentacle of tax burden for Cook Co. residents via upping digital retail tax. Gotta wonder, with the dying off of the appealing things about the county, how many more will flee this growing tax spider?
I thought I was informed…Didn’t know the Cook County budget was almost $7B. How about to start, let the city take over 1/3 and the state the other 2/3. Mandate x% cost savings.