Tax Cuts

The City of Bloomington may have what looks an awful lot like an austerity budget next year, despite double-digit growth in property value. Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe says one way to deal with a second year of a flat tax levy is through a hiring freeze.

Normal residents buying vehicles after June no longer will have to pay a one-time “vehicle use” tax, after the town council voted Monday to eliminate it.

Marijuana is too expensive in Illinois, according to Republican state Sen. Jason Barickman of Bloomington, who says he'd support lowering taxes on legal cannabis in the state.

Tax time is here. Bloomington-Normal residents are sitting down to do their taxes or lugging their W-2s and other documents to their accountants, as the…