Gov. JB Pritzker Proposes New Social Media Fee to Help Fund Illinois Public Schools

Gov. JB Pritzker proposes new social media fee to help fund Illinois public schools

Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a statewide fee on social media companies in an effort to raise $200 million a year for education, as the state grapples with a $2 billion budget shortfall.

This state might start charging a social media fee — here’s what it means

The strategy could generate as much as $200 million in added tax revenue for Illinois, according the state government

Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies  - IPM Newsroom

Illinois Newsroom - The budget proposed by Pritzker on Wednesday largely maintains the status quo, and forgoes significant broad-based tax increases.  The post Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies  appeared first on IPM Newsroom.

Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies – Capitol News IL

Like the last two budgets, Gov. JB Pritzker is opting for targeted tax increases that will be paid by businesses rather than consumers. His proposal does not include new taxes on millionaires and billionaires and corporations sought by progressive Democrats.

Pritzker Pitches Illinois Social-Media Fee as Deficit Looms

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is proposing a new fee on social-media companies that he says would raise about $200 million a year for education as his state confronts greater uncertainty around federal funding under President Donald Trump.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s affordability-focused $56B budget proposal includes new tax on social media companies

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker appealed to residents’ pocketbook concerns at a time when “everything is just too damned expensive” while arguing the case Wednesday for his $56 billion state budget proposal, one that leans on a new tax on big social media companies to help weather gloomy economic straits. But the Democratic governor closed out his annual State of the State address with a message of love in the face of “cruelty and rage” under Pre…