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 ...

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 ...

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

The Chicago Tribune cautioned Democratic New York voters about mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday, comparing his policies to those of left-wing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.