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REPORT ONE: The expense of maintaining local control.

REPORT TWO: Income Tax vs Property Tax for School Funding

REPORT THREE: If you pay it they will spend.

REPORT FOUR: Proposed reform legislation

REPORT FIVE: Alternative solutions to education finance reform

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The $200,000 Club: Illinois' highest paid public school employees

DeKalb County's Top 50: highest paid local public school employees

DeKalb County School Unit Comparisons

Comparing Tax Bills: How DeKalb County stacks up with other communities.

Comparing Illinois: State by State Individual Income Taxes

Comparing Illinois: State by State Corporate Income Taxes

Comparing Illinois: State by State Sales Taxes

Comparing Illinois: State by State Gasoline Taxes

Follow The Money: Illinois' Top Campaign Contributors

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Comparing Illinois
State and Local Sales Tax

Comparison of State and Local Retail Sales Taxes 2003  
(January 2003)  
           
  Food Items [1] State Maximum Maximum  
Taxable (T) Rate Local State/Local  
  Exempt (E)   Rate [2] Rate [2]  
           
Alabama T 4 6 11  
Alaska T --- 7.00 [3] 7  
Arizona E 5.6 3 8.6  
Arkansas T 5.125 4.75 9.875  
California E 6 2.5 8.5  
Colorado E 2.9 5.0 0 7.9  
Connecticut E 6 --- 6  
District of Columbia E 5.75 --- 5.75  
Florida E 6 1.5 7.5  
Georgia E 4 3 7  
Hawaii T* 4 --- 4  
Idaho T* 5 3 8  
Illinois T** 6.25 3 9.25  
Indiana E 6 --- 6  
Iowa E 5 2 7  
Kansas T* 5.3 3 8.3  
Kentucky E 6 --- 6  
Louisiana T **[4] 4 5.5 9.5  
Maine E 5 --- 5  
Maryland E 5 --- 5  
Massachusetts E 5 --- 5  
Michigan E 6 --- 6  
Minnesota E 6.5 1 7.5  
Mississippi T 7 0.25 7.25  
Missouri T 4.225 4.125 8.35  
Nebraska E 5.5 1.5 7  
Nevada E 6.5 0.75 7.25  
New Jersey E 6 --- 6  
New Mexico T 5 2.25 7.25  
New York E 4 4.5 8.5  
North Carolina E [4] 4.5 3 7.5  
North Dakota E 5 2.5 7.5  
Ohio E 5 2 7  
Oklahoma T 4.5 5.35 9.85  
Pennsylvania E 6 1 7  
Rhode Island E 7 --- 7  
South Carolina T** 5 2 7  
South Dakota T* 4 2 6  
Tennessee T 7 2.75 9.75  
Texas E 6.25 2 8.25  
Utah T 4.75 2.25 7  
Vermont E 5 1 6  
Virginia T** 3.5 1 4.5  
Washington E 6.5 2.4 8.9  
West Virginia T 6 --- 6  
Wisconsin E 5 0.6 5.6  
Wyoming T* 4 2 6  
         
Footnotes
         
[1] Food purchased for consumption off-premises.