Chicago City Wire

Transparency group calls for repealing or rewriting of Cook County soda tax

By Carrie Bradon | Sep 4, 2017

Cook County's recently imposed tax on sugary beverages has so many holes it that the county might never clean up the whole mess it's making, Nathaniel Hamilton of Project Six told the Chicago City Wire.

Democrats have bottomless thirst for taxes, Chicago committeeman says

By Carrie Bradon | Sep 4, 2017

Chris Cleveland says that for all the talk of the revolutionary new school funding formula, there's still the fact that Illinois is relying on its same old way of doing things: raising taxes.

School funding bill seen as giving Chicago more room to deny, delay financial woes

By Carrie Bradon | Sep 4, 2017

The recently passed school funding legislation has given Chicago another shovel to dig itself deeper into debt, the founder of the financial news website WirePoints contends.

Property tax incentive valued at $101,000 proposed for Cook County

By Carrie Bradon | Jan 29, 2017

A property tax incentive to help growth in Belmon Cragin was recently proposed to the city council by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.