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A new state task force will look for ways to provide property tax relief to homeowners and report its findings by the end of the year.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed legislation creating the bipartisan Property Tax Relief Task Force. The panel will be made up of lawmakers appointed by the four legislative leaders, and individuals appointed by the Governor. Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady appointed Senators Donald Dewitt, Dan McConchie, Dale Righter, Jil Tracy, and Craig Wilcox to serve on the Task Force.

The Task Force has been charged with identifying the causes of increasingly...