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.
Home rule allows a unit of local government to more easily hike hike certain taxes. Plus it provides additional powers to the unit of government. Think of it as the Local Government Power Rule. And the Avoid Some Referendums Rule. The result of a successful home rule referendum is a more powerful unit of local government, and less powerful citizens and weaker voters within the jurisdiction of that unit of local government. Lyons, Lakemoor, Wauconda, and Bull Valley have Home Rule referendums on the April 4, 2022 election ballot. A common reason for wanting home rule is the unit of… Read more »