The Sun-Times has been tracking prices for 35 grocery items since December. Our shopping cart's total tab is up by $11.

Aurora is considering doubling its hotel room tax rate, which has not risen since it was first adopted in 1987. The city’s ...

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

Just twice a year Chicago's Mariano's grocery store holds a popular competition that puts local vendors to the test.

The proposed energy omnibus bill the General Assembly refused to pass this year would not have stopped the price spike this ...

The private sector is already stepping up to bring cheaper groceries to a low-income “food desert” in a Bronx housing project. Smart city policies could expand that success.

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Expansion of the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit could allow construction of tens of thousands more affordable-housing units in Illinois.

President Donald Trump, after filing a $20 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a story alleging Trump gave Jeffrey Epstein a lewd birthday note more than two decades ago, disputed the ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s team teased plans this week to take another swing at raising property taxes to close the city ...

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 ...