Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration – Wirepoints
May 26, 2026
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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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.
4 Budget directors in 5 years, is all you need to hear…
Mark-Speaking of reserves how much money do most of the taxing bodies have? I have read in the past that some school districts have up to 2 years of reserves. How much do the other units of government have on hand?
Is there a state law on how much they can accumulate? These excesses are keeping our property taxes higher than they should be. Maybe in Ptell counties the reserves may not be so high but I would not bet against that.