John Klingner and Ted Dabrowski, Wirepoints News
After failing last time, Dems try again to get Illinois voters to say they want progressive income tax
Illinoisans should watch out for the next try at a progressive income tax on the November ballot in the name of property tax relief, says reform advocacy group Wirepoints
New Census data: Illinoisans continue to flee but not only to Florida; Many are moving just over the border
Gov. J.B. Pritzker continuously denies Illinois is losing population, but sources from U-Haul to the IRS to the US Census Bureau all keep pointing in the same direction – people are leaving Illinois for other states in record numbers. More than 146,000 net Illinoisans left for other states in 2021, according to state-to-state migration data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. And now, thanks to that data, we now know where they moved to.