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Illinois retirees file lawsuit over biased ballot language on progressive tax

By Austin Berg and Joe Barnas, Illinois Policy Institute |
The lawsuit challenges the language that will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot asking whether voters want to scrap Illinois’ constitutional flat tax guarantee – opening the door to a retirement tax.

These Illinois Halloween laws might scare you

By Austin Berg and Joe Barnas, Illinois Policy Institute |
Scraping through a few hundred municipal codes in Illinois didn’t turn up any trick-or-treat ordinances allowing for jail time. But fines associated with age limits, curfews, masks and more were aplenty.