As the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives neared passage of President Donald Trump’s beloved — and enormous ...

Proponents also pointed to the military commissary system as proof that government-run grocery stores can work. “They are significantly cheaper than regular grocery stores,” one commenter noted, ...

Congress on Thursday passed President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which the president is expected to sign ...

Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate, is receiving some pushback from opponents of his plan to create ...

Chicago officials held the first of four “budget engagement roundtables” designed to gather feedback about the city’s 2026 ...

A proposed 1% grocery tax in Chicago got off to a rocky start today in the City Council as soon as it was introduced. Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, had been waiting to use a parliamentary maneuver to ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and his aides argued in favor of a grocery tax during a city committee meeting to replace a similar state tax set to end in 2026.

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.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed his controversial support for a 1% tax on groceries after a state tax is set to expire during a press conference. Haley on Trump call with Putin: ‘A ...

Chicago needs a sales tax on professional services, a local version of the state-eliminated 1% grocery tax, and a greater share of state income and personal property replacement taxes to close its ...

By sticking cities such as Chicago with the unpopular, but necessary decision of implementing a grocery tax, Pritzker and the General Assembly were “headline budgeting,” Ald. William Hall said.