The Savoy Village Board voted Wednesday night to bar any cannabis-related businesses from opening within their borders.

Stores in Illinois keep a portion of what you pay in sales tax. Think of it like a collection fee, though in state government shorthand it’s called a retail discount.

The Mayor of Urbana says the city has some tough financial decisions to make in the coming years. 

 

Vermilion County, Illinois, school districts could ask the voters to approve a sales tax to fund school facilities. 

State Senator Chapin Rose says downstate Illinoisans should be concerned about Cook County’s controversial sales tax on sweetened beverages—even though they don’t have to pay it.