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.
One of the main reasons for a better tax climate is both Lasalle and Ogle counties are not under Ptell jurisdiction thus they can have lower tax rates. In any Ptell county any tax breaks are just passed on to everyone else in the form of a higher tax rate. Rochelle in Ogle county a while back had a tax rate of of under 8% on 1/3rd value while Rockford was around 15%. That is one main reason that taxes are so high here and there was a lot of investment in Rochelle at that time and little to none… Read more »