
Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies
The budget proposed by Pritzker on Wednesday largely maintains the status quo, and forgoes significant broad-based tax increases.

The budget proposed by Pritzker on Wednesday largely maintains the status quo, and forgoes significant broad-based tax increases.

AI tax tools can be handy for summarizing dense tax language and can give people a general idea about how to approach their tax filings. But local accountants warn: Speed doesn’t always equal accuracy.

The tight roll call, 218-214, came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining all Democrats opposed.

FanDuel announced plans Tuesday to slap a $0.50 transaction fee on every online wager placed in Illinois, an additional juice that the sports betting behemoth says it has to squeeze because state lawmakers are saddling sportsbooks with a new tax on every bet they take.

Illinois Supreme Court Disbars Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich CHICAGO — Disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been officially disbarred. The Illinois Supreme Court announced on Monday that it revoked Blagojevich’s law license. The announcement was not a surprise, as Blagojevich didn’t even attend a March hearing in which the matter was discussed and indicated