Survey: Local governments see drastic COVID-19-related revenue drops – Capitol News IL

“This is the part where COVID-19 is going to be with us for a while, and it’s at this point where states like Illinois that have refused to maintain any level of fiscal sobriety for decades are caught flat-footed,” said Sen. Chapin Rose, a Republican from Mahomet. Residents would be unable to afford a 30 percent hike in property taxes, he cited as an example, to compensate for lost revenues.

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