State advises stores to temporarily ban reusable bags, but Chicago’s single-use bag tax remains – Illinois Policy Institute

Stores keep 2 cents from the tax, but pay the other 5 cents to the city. Those nickels generate over $5 million in bag tax revenue each year.

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