A House Republican who joined nine of her colleagues in July to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a massive tax increase paid next to nothing in 2015 property taxes on her Southern Illinois residence.

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As much as anyone, Williamson County Treasurer Brinson Venable believes taxes are too high in Illinois, but he also wonders how some towns and cities will survive if a property tax freeze is enacted.

Across portions of southwestern Illinois, between 14 percent and 20 percent of homeowners have a mortgage that's 125 percent or more of their home's value as of March 31, according to a report by Attom Data Solutions, a California-based provider of property data.

Illinoisans pay more in total taxes than anyone else in the nation, so any thoughts about adding to that burden need to be forgotten, a tax analyst argued recently.

Homes across Illinois could sit in disrepair and home improvement businesses could take their expertise elsewhere if a bill making its way through the Illinois Legislature is made into law, a remodeling company owner said.

Illinois residents burdened with falling home values and high property taxes are headed toward a cliff if Springfield doesn't do something soon to pull the state back from the precipice, a financial analyst said.