Mayor Brandon Johnson instead pledged to find new forms of “progressive revenue” to close the city’s projected $1 billion ...

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.

As the state of Illinois prepares to eliminate a statewide tax on groceries, the city of Chicago could join dozens of suburbs in keeping the levy. That 1% tax will be eliminated on January 1 on ...

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

Chicago’s sales tax rate is 10.25%, including the combination of state and local taxes. Naperville officials said the state’s move to eliminate the grocery tax would leave the city with a ...

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