(Undated) – Governor, J.B. Pritzker, is defending his proposed elimination of the sales tax on groceries. Pritzker says the move is all about affordability.
While the idea has its supporters, it also has some local governments worried about losing out on $350 million in collected grocery taxes each year. A law could be made to allow local governments to decide if they wanted the one percent tax to be levied in their communities.