State lawmakers last year approved ending the statewide 1 percent grocery tax in 2026. Municipalities now have the power to ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top finance leaders urged aldermen to implement the tax soon during a Tuesday meeting of the City ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and his aides argued in favor of a grocery tax during a city committee meeting to replace a ...

Chicago must decide by Oct. 1 whether to continue the decades-old one percent grocery tax, which could cost the city between ...

Chicago and its suburbs, including Evanston and Oak Park, will implement a 1% grocery tax starting June 3, 2025. This measure ...

City Budget Director Annette Guzman said the City Council "must reaffirm the grocery tax before the state’s deadline of Oct.

At least 163 communities around the state have recently enacted local grocery taxes, even as consumers worry about rising food prices.

Illinois retailers are pushing back on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's call to reinstate a 1% grocery tax in Chicago.

Chicago faces a budget shortfall this year of roughly $1 billion, the Tribune noted. In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed off on cutting the 1% grocery tax, which means lost revenue for ...

Ashok Selvam is the regional editor for Eater Midwest and in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities.

Gov. JB Pritzker previously ended a state administered 1% grocery tax that was passed on to local governments, impacting ...

CHICAGO (CBS ... or to go to the grocery store. The Johnson administration started at $300 million for a proposed property tax hike—which the City Council voted down unanimously.