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Last week, I'm sure that I brightened your day considerably by pointing out that Illinois residents are lucky enough to be paying the 2nd highest property taxes in the entire country (right behind New Jersey).

Coming on the heels of last week's news that Illinois has the highest taxes in the entire nation, we get a report that looks at Illinois' gas taxes and compares them to the rest of the country. We're not the highest, but...

As you probably already know, Illinois leads the Midwest (and is near the top in the nation) in outbound migration. When people who are moving out of our state are asked why, the number one reason, by a wide margin, is a one-word answer: taxes.

Yesterday, while working to put out a building fire in Chicago, firefighters happened to be rolling some video of the outside of burning structure when something pretty incredible took place.

Illinois’ unemployment rate is still lagging behind the rest of the nation and is the highest of all Midwestern states at 7.1%, leaving 436,400 Illinoisans looking for work, according to analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute.

According to the money folks at Forbes, here in Illinois, 12 people were among the 400 richest in America in 2019, down from 13 in 2018

If you're not a pet owner, you may not know anything about heartworms in pets. If you are, you should know how serious it can be.

Sure, it's great to be #1 at something, but I think most of us here in Illinois would prefer it to be in another category.

The average American household spends $2,279 on property taxes for their homes each year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and residents of the 27 states with vehicle property taxes shell out another $440.

A ranking of the tax rates of all 50 states along with the District of Columbia has our state coming in dead last.