City Budget Director Annette Guzman said the City Council "must reaffirm the grocery tax before the state’s deadline of Oct. 1." Allowing that tax to lapse in 2026 would cost city coffers an estimated ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing aldermen to add a city grocery tax in Chicago as the long-established state grocery levy expires. Johnson’s top finance leaders urged aldermen to implement the ...

Mayors, and some Republicans, walk into Pritzker's trap on grocery tax The more attention this proposed $325 million tax cut receives, the less time reporters will have to flesh out the governor ...

Chicago must decide by Oct. 1 whether to continue the decades-old one percent grocery tax, which could cost the city between $60 and $80 million in revenue for the 2026 fiscal year.

Chicago budget proposal changes on table with end-of-year deadline looming 02:52. A source close to the budget negotiations tells CBS News Chicago that the city has proposed $68 million in ...

A proposed 1% grocery tax in Chicago got off to a rocky start today in the City Council as soon as it was introduced. Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, had been waiting to use a parliamentary maneuver to ...

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker will call for the permanent repeal of the state's 1% tax on groceries in his fiscal year 2025 budget proposal to be delivered Wednesday afternoon. Repealing the ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and his aides argued in favor of a grocery tax during a city committee meeting to replace a similar state tax set to end in 2026.

While Illinois residents would get a break on grocery bills under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed budget, his tweak to the state income tax exemption could end up costing them on April 15 next year.

Chicago must decide by Oct. 1 whether to continue the decades-old one percent grocery tax, which could cost the city between $60 and $80 million in revenue for the 2026 fiscal year.