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Illinois property taxes up 27% under Pritzker – Illinois Policy

April 14, 2026
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From 1996 to 2016, state education spending increased by 5.4 billion. But two-thirds of that growth, or 3.6 billion, went to pensions rather than students. During that time, pension costs grew from just over 8 percent of state education spending to more than one-third. That trend has continued.

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