Over 200 Illinois towns have opted to charge a 1% grocery tax. Chicago is likely to follow. Local leaders have until October ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

About 200 municipalities have plans to reimpose Illinois’ grocery tax locally, and the state’s largest city may be among ...

Chicago officials have backed away from plans for a city-owned grocery store, and private chains have proven unreliable. But ...

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

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

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.