Chicago Chief Financial Officer Jill Jaworski said the city will likely seek to raise property taxes to address next year’s budget deficit.

Aurora is considering doubling its hotel room tax rate, which has not risen since it was first adopted in 1987. The city’s ...

The private sector is already stepping up to bring cheaper groceries to a low-income “food desert” in a Bronx housing project ...

The Sun-Times has been tracking prices for 35 grocery items since December. Our shopping cart's total tab is up by $11.

The idea has generated buzz since Zohran Mamdani won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, but there are few ...

That would take a substantial bite out of the projected $771 million shortfall in annual funding for the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace rail and bus services once the pandemic-era relief ...

As the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives neared passage of President Donald Trump’s beloved — and enormous — One Big Beautiful Bill Act, my mind raced back as it often does in such ...

The city of Aurora is considering extending a grocery tax that has been in place statewide for decades but is set to expire at the end of this year. Illinois first put in place the 1% grocery tax ...

Alderman Nicole Lee warned of this fall’s “very, very difficult” negotiations that “will likely include a property tax levy” despite widespread resistance.

As elderly Americans begin to lose SNAP and Medicaid under President Trump’s new tax and spending law, providers brace for ...

The 14 Alderpersons on Rockford City Council were kept busy Monday night with 15 pages of agenda items to discuss and vote on.