Pekin passes grocery tax, taking away $1M in savings for shoppers

By Dylan Sharkey

11/15/2024

Pekin and Normal have joined the list of local governments passing ordinances to replace the 1% statewide grocery tax when it expires.

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Palos Park, another Chicago suburb might tax residents’ groceries

By Dylan Sharkey

11/07/2024

Palos Park residents have a chance to save 1% on groceries starting in 2026, but the City Council is considering taking that away and taxing groceries. A series of towns are considering a local grocery tax.

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Another Illinois town has passed a grocery tax. Is yours next?

By Dylan Sharkey

10/30/2024

Another Illinois town voted to pass a local grocery tax. See how much grocery shoppers in your community could lose if your local leaders also impose the tax.

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2 Illinois cities passed local grocery taxes. Is your town next?

By Dylan Sharkey

10/03/2024

Illinois towns have started passing local grocery taxes that will take affect once the state grocery tax phases out in 2026. Will your town be next?

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Highland could be first Illinois city to add a local grocery tax

By Dylan Sharkey

08/28/2024

Illinois’ statewide grocery tax is on its way out, but your local government may add its own. Highland, Illinois, could be the first to do so.

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River Forest considering local grocery tax hike

By Dylan Sharkey

08/26/2024

Illinois is cutting the statewide grocery tax, but some local governments may reestablish it. One Chicago suburb is already moving in that direction. Its neighbor will let taxpayers keep their grocery money.

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Grocery bills have increased by nearly $3,000 in just 4 years

By Ravi Mishra

08/22/2024

Consumers have been hammered with inflation on groceries during the past four years. Illinois was heading in the right direction by eliminating the tax on them, but now communities are faced with either imposing a new grocery tax or losing the money.

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Poll: 70% of Illinois voters support ending grocery tax permanently

By Dylan Sharkey, Jon Josko

07/21/2023

Repealing the state grocery tax has support from 7 in 10 Illinois voters, according to an Illinois Policy Institute poll. Illinois is one of just 13 states with a grocery tax.

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Fact check: Pritzker didn’t lower gas tax or eliminate grocery tax

By Dylan Sharkey

08/10/2022

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s re-election ad praises him for fictional tax relief, hinting he repealed the grocery tax and lowered the gas tax. Neither is true.

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Rising prices cost Illinoisans $522 more for groceries this year

By Bryce Hill

07/29/2022

Inflation sends grocery prices rising at the fastest rate since April 1979, costing the average Illinoisan $522 more at checkout.

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Illinois finds itself at a crossroads: will it empower minorities and poor people to unleash their potential, or will it perpetuate an inequitable status quo? For far too many Illinoisans, opportunity is unfairly and unnecessarily out of reach. Illinois ranks in the bottom ten among all states in social mobility and last among Midwest states...

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