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

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

Grocery bills have become one of the most painful reminders of inflation for American families. That’s why we were approving ...

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

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

Gov. JB Pritzker called the grocery tax regressive and abolished it last year, effective in January 2026. Local communities ...

Had the council defeated the measure or opted not to act, Mayor Sam Cunningham said projected revenue would decrease by slightly more than $2 million.

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

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

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

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

The tax was approved 5-1 by the village board on Sept. 4 and would have gone into effect at the start of 2026.