A $1.5B payroll tax on high earners and big firms won’t fly under current law, forcing Chicago to seek state approval or find ...

All together, Illinois has the highest state and local tax burden in the nation. A payroll tax would make it worse. Unlike a traditional income tax, payroll taxes are particularly harmful because: ...

The state of Illinois payroll is at its highest level in more than a decade, just as it grapples with a gloomy budget picture. State government has 55,340 workers, eclipsing the total it had in 2008.