TikTok, Snapchat and other social media behemoths started paying the city's per-user levy last month. Industry attorneys ...

NetChoice, a trade association representing the tech industry, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court to block the Social Media Amusement Tax included in the city’s 2026 spending plan.

In Chicago, apartment rental platform Domu recently launched a campaign that places local influencers directly onto CTA buses and shelters — effectively turning creators into walking billboards for ...

Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a statewide fee on social media companies in an effort to raise $200 million a year for education, as the state grapples with a $2 billion budget shortfall. The proposal ...