Week of July 26, 2017 Vol 50 • No 24 • www.thechicagocitizen.com
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HOW WILL ILLINOIS’ $5 BILLION TAX HIKE AFFECT YOU?
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The Illinois Policy Institute, which is a non-profit think tank, has designed a tax hike calculator for families who want to know how the $5 billion tax hike will affect them.
he Illinois Policy Institute has created a tax hike calculator which determines how the new $5 billion tax hike will affect a family’s paycheck. The calculator was created by the Institute after Illinois lawmakers passed a new state budget. Craig Lesner, who is the Budget and Tax Research Director at the Illinois Policy Institute, said in order to use the tax hike calculator, taxpayers can go to the Illinois Policy Institute’s website and input certain data including whether they file taxes as a married couple, a single individual or a widow. Taxpayers also include their yearly income and the number of children in the family. By inputting the data, the calculator can determine a person’s tax liability. The calculator also compares the old and new tax rate and how it affects the person’s income. “The Illinois median family makes $59,000 so in that particular case, you would use the old tax rate and compare it to the new tax rate,” Lesner said. “The reason why we do this is because we want people to understand that the
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SISTA STRUT BREAST CANCER WALK BENEFITS THE SISTERS NETWORK Chicago, IL – iHeartMedia Chicago’s 107.5 WGCI, V103, and Inspiration 1390, Music Of Power & Praise Radio Station, recently announced the inaugural Cracker Barrel Sista Strut, a 3K breast cancer charity walk to benefit the Chicago Chapter of the Sisters Network, the nation’s largest African American breast cancer survivorship organization. Sista Strut will kick off at Kroc Center Chicago on Saturday, October 7 at 8 a.m.
Cracker Barrel Sista Strut will bring awareness to the community resources that help prevent, detect and treat breast cancer, as well as teach attendees about breast cancer’s effects on the African American community. In addition, on-air personalities from 107.5 WGCI, V103 and Inspiration 1390 will promote the event on-air and discuss the best ways for the community to take advantage of the event’s resources. The 3K walk will be hosted
by on-air personalities from 107.5 WGCI, V103, and Inspiration 1390. Listeners can register individually or as a team at wgci.com, v103.com or inspiration1390.com, with keyword SISTA. “Our iHeartMedia Chicago Urban brands are excited to team up for Sista Strut and support a cause that has affected everyone in some way,” said Derrick Brown, Director
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