Commentary: Understanding the business tax hikes of the past four years – Daily Herald*

Matt Paprocki, of the Illinois Policy institute: "In the past four years, Illinois has passed 24 tax and fee hikes worth about $5 billion to taxpayers. Of those taxes and fees, about $650 million has been targeted specifically at businesses...Illinois politicians have told us for decades they are going to increase jobs and support businesses, yet their actions tell another story."