The Oswego Village Board unanimously voted recently to locally extend a 1% state grocery tax set to expire at the end of the ...

Some municipalities have decided to keep the tax in place at the municipal level, on the grounds that they need the revenue.

Overriding a recent City Council vote, Mayor Daniel Biss vetoed a 1% city tax on groceries Wednesday. The council passed the ...

To override McCormick's veto, the Godfrey Village Board needed a supermajority of 66% to vote to overturn it. But with a 3-3 ...

The Bloomington City Council is deciding to implement a one percent grocery tax. It’s a continuation of the previous tax at ...

Godfrey trustees split on veto override; Mayor McCormick's grocery tax veto upheld, choosing general sales tax hike over 1% ...

Hundreds of Illinois towns are adding to the burden at the checkout line. Peoria Heights is proving that saying no is ...

Add Bloomington to the list of Illinois municipalities enacting a local grocery tax to replace the state tax that’s set to ...

(The following edited press release is from Rosemaria DiBenedetto, Joliet City Hall's director of communications.) JOLIET, IL — The City of Joliet has placed a proposal on the agenda for Tuesday’s ...

Peoria Heights’ mayor vetoed a grocery tax, saying the village would not balance its budget on the backs of families at the ...

Plus, details of House Speaker Cameron Sexton's trip to Rome, Tim Burchett builds a skateboard for the DNI, and Congressman ...

Alabama now falls in the middle at 2 percent after its latest cut, with Utah close behind at 1.75 percent. Missouri charges just over 1.2 percent, and Illinois applies a 1 percent rate that is set to ...