http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170523/senate-dems-approve-54b-tax-increase-budget-fight-continues
SPRINGFIELD, IL – (Doug Finke, Springfield Journal-Register. Please click on the link above to read the full story. Here is an excerpt below.
Opting to stop waiting for Republican support, Illinois Senate Democrats Tuesday moved ahead with a tax-hike-and-spending plan aimed at finally trying to end a stalemate that has left the state without a permanent budget for nearly two years.
The Democrats’ plan calls for about $5.4 billion in higher taxes, including raising the personal income tax rate from the current 3.75 percent to 4.95 percent. The package also includes extending the state sales tax to a number of services not now taxed, although the final list was reduced from previous versions of the bill.
All of the bills passed with no Republican support.
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