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

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.”