ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A total of 656 municipalities in Illinois will continue applying a sales tax to groceries, even though the state eliminated the tax, beginning January 1st, 2026. Illinois cities, towns, and villages had until October 1, 2025, to decide if they want to continue a local grocery…
CHICAGO — The clock is ticking for Chicago on whether to continue a decades-old tax on groceries, or further dig itself into a billion dollar budget deficit. The state's grocery tax will be phased out January 1, but Springfield is pushing the responsibility onto city's and towns instead. State lawmakers…
The elimination of Illinois' statewide grocery tax, gun storage laws aimed at preventing shootings and suicides, rules protecting undocumented students, and a ban on fluorescent light bulbs are among a list of laws set to go into effect on January 1, 2026.