Mayor Brandon Johnson Takes Victory Lap After State Budget Green Lights Digital Ad Tax – WTTW (Chicago)

It is not clear how much revenue a new digital ad tax could raise, or whether it would withstand an all-but certain legal challenge. Johnson also praised state lawmakers for following the path blazed by Chicago in the city’s 2026 spending plan, which imposed a tax on social media companies under the city’s amusement tax authority, officials said. That tax has been challenged in court.