Pritzker Slams Chicago Mayor’s Plan for Tax on Big Payrolls (1)

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker assailed a plan by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to bring back a tax on large corporate payrolls, saying the proposed levy would repel major employers.

“I am absolutely, four-square opposed to a head tax for the city of Chicago,” Pritzker said Tuesday at the Economic Club of Chicago. “It penalizes the very thing that we want, which is we want more employment.”

The governor’s opposition adds to the pressure on Johnson as the mayor tries to close next year’s $1.19 billion budget deficit with new or higher taxes on big corporations, tech companies and wealthy residents. ...