The Naperville City Council will vote next month on increasing the city’s sales tax to compensate for the loss of about $6.5 ...

I will not be proposing a property tax increase in my budget,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Thursday. “I’m going to continue to ...

Alderman Nicole Lee warned of this fall’s “very, very difficult” negotiations that “will likely include a property tax levy” despite widespread resistance.

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's chief financial officer discussed the city's financial challenges during an interview Tuesday with Bloomberg, explaining a property tax increase is "likely" to plug the large hole in the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies defended Chicago's proposed 1% grocery tax as a way to lower the city's deficit and ensure critical services aren't cut.

The city of Aurora is considering extending a grocery tax that has been in place statewide for decades but is set to expire at the end of this year. Illinois first put in place the 1% grocery tax in ...

Enjoying the spotlight during his annual budget address in February 2024, Gov. J.B. Pritzker paused an accounting of his ...

The two cities join a host of other municipalities that have adopted grocery taxes of their own as the state tax is set to ...