Politics & Government

Political Rewind: 2011: The Year of the Tax Increase

It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.

Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters.

Tax increase, impact, dominate Illinois Capitol in 2011

Call it the year of the tax increase.

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Illinois‘ tax increase vote in January dominated this year’s session here.

Illinois Statehouse News takes a look back at the year, taking stock of the work from state lawmakers. Our year in review looks at the abolition of the death penalty, workers’ compensation reform, education reform, and of course the tax hike and its impact.

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