* AP…
The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs remain widespread.
About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a “major” source of stress in their life right now, while 33% say it’s a “minor” source of stress, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Only 14% say it’s not a source of stress, underscoring the pervasive anxiety most Americans continue to feel about the cost of everyday essentials.
Other financial stressors — like the cost of housing or the amount of money in their bank accounts — are also broadly felt, but they weigh more heavily on younger Americans, who are less likely than older adults to have significant savings or own property. […]
According to the poll, 64% of the lowest-income Americans — those who have a household income of less than $30,000 a year — say the cost of groceries is a “major” stressor. That’s compared with about 4 in 10 Americans who have a household income of $100,000 or more.
But even within that higher-income group, only about 2 in 10 say grocery costs aren’t a worry at all.
* Tribune…
The end of the state’s 1% tax on groceries has Glenview elected officials considering ways to make up the anticipated shortfall.
The statewide tax is scheduled to end on Jan. 1, 2026 following action taken by the Illinois General Assembly in 2024. While the tax is collected by the state, revenues from it are later returned to the municipalities where the tax was charged.
The village of Glenview stands to lose approximately $2.7 million next year when the grocery tax ends, elected officials were told in a memo from village staff shared during a July 15 board meeting.
Staff presented the Village Board with four options to make up for the loss, but trustees did not reach a consensus for direction
* BND…
Residents may eventually see some relief from their grocery tax, but that change may not arrive for three years.
The city will continue collecting a 1% grocery tax, but city officials will be required to revisit whether the tax is necessary by April 30, 2028.
* Shaw Local…
The village of Prairie Grove opted to continue a 1% grocery tax as the statewide tax ends at the start of next year – but there won’t be any effect for now, as the village does not have any grocery stores.
Many municipalities have made the move to a local 1% grocery tax after Gov. JB Pritzker and state lawmakers voted to remove the statewide tax last year. The tax, although implemented by the state, funded local municipalities. The Prairie Grove Village Board unanimously adopted the ordinance Tuesday.
Although the village will impose the tax, it will not be in use because there are no grocery stores currently in Prairie Grove. Village Administrator Michael Freese said adopting the ordinance allows them to implement the tax if a grocery store were ever to come to the village.
- King Louis XVI - Monday, Aug 4, 25 @ 1:17 pm:
JB´s grocery tax elimination - or Anne Capara’s - turned out to be just a scam because communities across the state - lots of them low-income - are reimposing it because its loss was blowing a hole in their budgets.
Wait until a reporter sticks his/her mic under some local officials or residents who bought JB’s tax blather.
Look under the hood of state government. There’s no real interest in governing, it’s mostly empty PR teeing him up for his presidential fever dreams.
- Siualum - Monday, Aug 4, 25 @ 1:25 pm:
Aren’t the trump tariffs essentially a federal nationwide sales tax to subsidize the tax cuts for the ultra wealthy? And regressive to boot.
- Give Us Barabbas - Monday, Aug 4, 25 @ 1:27 pm:
The repeal of the state version of this tax was transparent pandering to an uneducated electorate, cowardly state legislators afraid to be tagged as “raising taxes” in campaign ads. They dumped this responsibility onto the city governments, who need the funds and now face the same backlash over it. The smartest play is to keep the same rate locally, maybe point zero one less, to technically be able to say it’s a”reduction”. I think it’s important for the city to make clear where these tax dollars go: I think rather than General Revenue that money should be going towards food insecurity solutions for the disadvantaged citizens locally, however the best local way to do that is determined. It probably looks like more than one thing. Food boxes, co-ops, local gardens, farmers markets, restaurant excess food collection, pantries, soup kitchens or breadlines, home delivery for the elderly, neonatal and postnatal food supplements, whatever the local need is. I don’t think reasonable people will complain about using the tax money this way.
- Jerry - Monday, Aug 4, 25 @ 1:32 pm:
You’re right Siualum. Tariffs are taxes! And they’re going up.
- 62629 - Monday, Aug 4, 25 @ 1:41 pm:
-The smartest play is to keep the same rate locally, maybe point zero one less, to technically be able to say it’s a”reduction”-
per statute, the rate can only be implemented at 1%, so it’s 1% or nothing
- ChicagoBars - Monday, Aug 4, 25 @ 2:02 pm:
Props to Prairie Grove for taking a position that actually made me look up where they are. Not every day you see a local government vote to reinstate a tax they don’t even currently benefit from.
- Leatherneck - Monday, Aug 4, 25 @ 2:54 pm:
I laugh at the prospect of Leland Grove considering the prospect of a “non-home rule municipal retailers’ occupational tax” (as they did in the June 24 meeting minutes linked below). I thought their city code seems as if they discourage or ban businesses entirely from their precious doughnut hole.
https://www.lelandgrove.com/vertical/sites/%7B7B9F0F5C-E285-4429-AE01-5A52F12A8282%7D/uploads/June_24_2025_Minutes_.pdf