The last time an income tax hike almost passed, it was because of an article by Diane Rado wrote led to a formula that showed people how much their property tax relief would be in comparison to how much their income tax would increase.

Today the headline in the Tribune blasted the news that the income tax increase was 75%.

Even people passing Chicago Tribune news boxes could see Illinois politicians were proposing a 75% income tax hike.

I think that extremely public notice may have spurred calls to Democratic Party state representatives, the results of which led to the early afternoon adjournment of the Illinois House.

There is still no language that the public can read that has been introduced into the Illinois House.