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

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

“There’s still a lot that has to get done. You have to take your time and get it right. You can’t rush and get it wrong,” ...

Good morning, Chicago. Our Route 66 road trip began at the end, at the famed fishing pier jutting out into the Pacific Ocean. On a breezy Sunday afternoon, the first day of June, a steady stream of ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson added that creative revenue ideas are needed for Chicago with its looming budget problems.

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

The mayor said Tuesday that he is hopeful lawmakers in Springfield will reach a transit deal before the Chicago Transit ...

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

You all know my position. The ultra-rich continue to get away with not having to put more skin in the game," Mayor Brandon ...

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

Mayor Brandon Johnson again argued the “resources are there” to bail out the CTA while acknowledging time is running out for ...

Democratic Chicago-based Illinois Representative Kam Buckner is stepping up to do the job that Mayor Brandon Johnson has struggled with: buying time to keep the Bears from leaving the lakefront for ...