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U.S. gift, novelty and souvenir stores report $522 million in sales for May
The estimated sales for gift, novelty and souvenir stores for May 2020 was $522 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.
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Analysis: Cook County retiree households could pay $3,768.27 annually under Pritzker graduated income tax hike plan
The 751,934 retirees in Cook County could pay as much as $3,768.27 in state income taxes if voters approve Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated tax hike amendment on Nov. 3, according to an analysis by the Chicago City Wire.
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Residents and visitors to Illinois paid $39.9 billion in taxes in 2018
Illinois collected $39.9 billion in taxes in 2018, a 4.9 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).
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Renewable energy incentives available in Illinois in 2019
Illinois had at least 91 policies or incentives that support energy renewables and efficiency, according to data made available in August 2019 in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE).
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From Prairie State Wire
Illinois’ recent rate of population loss was 3rd highest in U.S.
Illinois’ rate of population decline between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, was the third highest among the 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to population estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Doubt and taxes said to drive Cook County exodus
High taxes and low confidence in government are driving people out of Cook County in record numbers, an analyst from a Chicago-based think tank told the Chicago City Wire.
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Windy City residents blow town as Southwest populations rise
Cook County experienced a greater population loss than any other county in the United States between mid-2015 and mid-2016, according to statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau recently. More than 19,000 residents left the Chicago metro area in that time.
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Chicago alderman faces criticism after hurling insults at Indiana
Insults hurled by 45th Ward Alderman John Arena at both the state of Indiana and his own constituents have triggered a detailed response by a group that studies the economic climate of Illinois and Indiana.