The $46 billion budget Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Tuesday includes $1.8 billion in largely temporary tax relief, including $50 rebate checks to adult taxpayers, a one-time increase for property owners worth up to $500, and lifting for a year a 1% sales tax on groceries, meaning that shoppers will save $1 on $100 worth of food.
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CHICAGO — By Fourth of July, Illinois drivers likely will be greeted at the gas pump by 4-by-8-inch signs informing them that as they fill their tanks, they’re actually saving
Democrats plan to require signs on gas pumps advertising that the tax increase over 2 cents a gallon scheduled for July 1 has been postponed until January. Gas retailers are balking, and Republicans who went along with the plan still say it's all about election year politics.