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Facing steep budget deficits and escalating income inequality, Mayor Lori Lightfoot should consider a graduated payroll tax and other ways to make corporations pay their fair share.

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For recession relief, Chicago should demand more from big business

Public banking can help bridge the racial wealth gap in the post-pandemic recovery

Fair tax: the other most consequential vote Illinoisans will be making this November

Cities with more black residents rely more on traffic tickets and fines for revenue

Countywide income tax could provide ‘revenue that grows with the real economy’

Lightfoot’s only option to ease perpetual budget deficits may be city income tax

A progressive income tax is Illinois’ best shot at solving budget crisis

Bond court reforms may lead to more punitive pretrial conditions: report

Progressives push alternatives to raise revenue, solve fiscal crises