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Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed members of the media Friday for the first time since announcing he won’t propose a property ...
I will not be proposing a property tax increase in my budget,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Thursday. “I’m going to continue to ...
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 ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson instead pledged to find new forms of “progressive revenue” to close the city’s projected $1 billion ...
Alderman Nicole Lee warned of this fall’s “very, very difficult” negotiations that “will likely include a property tax levy” despite widespread resistance.
The Aurora City Council has pushed back a vote to extend a 1% grocery tax that has been in place statewide for decades but is set to expire at the end of this 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 ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed members of the media Friday for the first time since announcing he won't propose a property ...