While East Peoria and Peoria split the 5 percent tax on Par-A-Dice casino revenue that is allocated as the “local share,” East Peoria keeps all other local tax revenue incurred at the hotel property, including sales, hotel, and food and beverage taxes.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
At one time Peoria was Caterpillar and vice versa. Now look at it.