Champaign County
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Appeals panel says Champaign hospital entitled to property tax exemptions, refund
The Carle Foundation has stood at the center of a years-long court battle over whether hospital tax exemptions were constitutional. -
IL Supreme Court: State law granting hospitals property tax exemption constitutional
Hospitals in Illinois have secured a key win in a longrunning court fight over whether they should be required to pay property taxes, as the Illinois Supreme Court has upheld as constitutional a state law allowing hospitals to remain tax exempt. -
IL Supreme Court mulls legality of hospital property tax exemptions; could await better test case
The Illinois Supreme Court could soon decide whether hospitals in Illinois should be allowed to avoid paying property taxes, or whether a state law used to grant them tax exemptions should be declared unconstitutional. Or the court could simply sidestep the matter for now, and instead await the arrival of a different case better suited for addressing the sticky legal questions.