Property tax relief is next 'think big' idea for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers to face

[TexasTowelie]

ov. J.B. Pritzker hailed the accomplishments of state lawmakers for checking off the major items of his “think big” agenda this spring, saying their work delivered Illinois one of the most “consequential and transformative legislative sessions in history.”

But in approving a proposed constitutional change to state income taxation, a balanced budget, a massive $45 billion capital construction plan, a statewide expansion of gambling and legalized marijuana, Pritzker also knows what his next “think big” initiative will have to be: substantive property tax relief to Illinois homeowners.

With voter outrage growing over rapidly rising property taxes, a transformative plan to lower them could help sell Pritzker’s graduated-rate income tax amendment in November 2020.

This year, lawmakers were able to settle only on creating a task force to come up with ways to provide property tax relief with a mandate to deliver its final recommendations by the end of December.

Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-property-tax-pritzker-think-big-20190606-story.html