Will Chicago Keep Grocery Tax in Place? City Has Until Oct. 1 to Decide

Chicago aims to reenact grocery tax; suburbs consider sales tax hikes

(The Center Square) – About 200 municipalities have plans to reimpose Illinois’ grocery tax locally, and the state’s largest city may be among those joining the group.

Chicago’s ‘Progressive’ Mayor Calls for New Tax on Groceries to Tackle City’s Massive Deficit

Facing a $1 billion-plus budget shortfall, Chicago's "progressive" Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing for a new 1% grocery tax.

Progressive Chicago mayor advocates for new 1% grocery tax to help billion-dollar deficit

Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies defended Chicago's proposed 1% grocery tax as a way to lower the city's deficit and ensure critical services aren't cut.

What, Democrats Didn't Drive Prices High Enough? Chicago's Mayor Johnson Pushes for City Grocery Tax.

Will Chicago keep grocery tax in place? City has until Oct. 1 to decide

CHICAGO — The clock is ticking for Chicago on whether to continue a decades-old tax on groceries, or further dig itself into a billion dollar budget deficit. The state's grocery tax will be phased out January 1, but Springfield is pushing the responsibility onto city's and towns instead. State lawmakers signed off last year on removing a one percent grocery tax as part of the Gov. JB Pritzker's 2025 budget plan. That takes effect on Jan.1. But i…

Chicago could join dozens of suburbs in keeping Illinois grocery tax

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.