>>> YOU READY TO PAY MORE FOR GAS AND GROCERIES.

AMANDA VINICKY HAS MORE CHANGES COMING NEXT MONTH.

WHY SHOULD WE EXPECT TO PAY MORE?

>> Reporter: IN HONOR OF THE NEW FISCAL NEW YEAR, I AM KIDDING, THE GIFT CAME LAST YEAR.

STATUS CHANGES ARE COMING , SATURDAY, JULY 1st IS THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN ILLINOIS.

THE NEW STATE BUDGET TAKES EFFECT.

ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS , AND INDIVIDUALS WITH FUNDING , INCLUDING THE IMMIGRANT HEALTHCARE FUNDING PARTICIPANTS.

I WANT TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT OTHER CHANGES THAT WILL IMPACT CONSUMERS.

BUDGETS INCLUDE NO TAX INCREASE .

BUT IT DOES INCLUDE A HIKE THAT COULD IMPACT THOSE PURCHASING CARS, IT WILL COST $10 MORE FOR A NEW TITLE, MONEY TO HELP THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH THEIR ARCHAIC I.T.

SYSTEMS .

>> WHAT ABOUT GAS?

>> FILLING UP YOUR CAR WILL COST MORE AS THE STATE MOTOR FUEL TAX WILL GO UP BY ABOUT THREE CENTS PER GALLON.

I DO NOT THINK MOTORISTS WILL BE LINING UP AT GAS STATION ON FRIDAY BEFORE THE CHANGE, BUT IT IS GOING UP.

YOU MAY RECALL , LAST JULY 1st, LAWMAKERS HAD VOTED TO FREEZE THE GAS TAX AT $.39 PER GALLON.

A MOVE THEY MADE SURE TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF GAS STATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO POST STICKERS LIKE THIS ONE AT THE PUMP.

WHICH IS WHY THIS WILL NOT BE THE SECOND HIKE IN THE GAS TAX IN SIX MONTHS.

IT WENT UP FROM $.39 TO $.42 PER GALLON, STARTING SATURDAY, $.45 PER GALLON.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CITY OR COUNTY TAXES.

>> WE GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THAT WILL COST MORE.

>> THIS HARKENS BACK TO ACTION THAT LEGISLATORS TOOK LAST YEAR , ILLINOIS SUSPENDED THE 1% SALES TAX ON GROCERIES , 1%, MAYBE ENOUGH TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE WALLET, ONE DOLLARS ON $100 WITH THE PURCHASES , BUT IT ADDS UP FOR CONSUMERS AND FOR GOVERNMENT WHO DEPENDS ON THE REVENUE.

IN THIS CASE, CASH THAT GOES TO MUNICIPALITIES LAST YEAR , ILLINOIS PAID THE BACK.

IT IS TIGHTER THIS YEAR AROUND.

THE STATE IS NOT DOING A REPEAT OF THAT GROCERY TAX.

>> I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO ELIMINATE THE GROCERY TAX, BUT IT IS A MATTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT INCOME AS A RESULT OF THE GROCERY TAX.

>> WHAT WAS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT LAST YEAR THAT THE TAXES WERE STEADY OR DOWN VERSUS THIS YEAR WHEN THEY ARE BEING REINSTATED?

>> IT WAS NOT JUST GAS AND GROCERIES.

THERE WAS A LOT MORE AS WELL , INCLUDING THE TEMPORARY RELIEF PLAN GAVE DIRECT PAYMENTS OF $50 TO MOST ADULTS, THERE WAS A ONE TIME PROPERTY TAX REBATE.

LAST YEAR , INFLATION WAS BIG IN THE HEADLINES.

WEIGHT , SOMETHING ELSE, IT WAS AN ELECTION YEAR .

THE REPUBLICANS HAD RAISED FRUSTRATIONS .

NOW, SAYING THAT THE FAILURE OF DEMOCRATS TO STOP THE RELIEF PROVED IT WAS A CAMPAIGN GIMMICK.

HERE IS WHAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAID.

>> WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WAS A TEMPORARY MEASURE BECAUSE WE HAD HIGH INFLATION.

INFLATION YOU MAY NOTICE HAS GONE DOWN.

WE HAD HIGH INFLATION AND WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD, PROVIDING $1.8 BILLION OF TAX RELIEF FOR FAMILIES ACROSS ILLINOIS.

>> FOR ALL OF THE TAX INCREASES, THE LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES IN THE CHICAGO REGION COULD SEE THEIR PAYCHECKS INCREASE .

IT IS HARD TO SAY BECAUSE THE COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET THEY NEED THEIR WAGES ARE ALREADY UP TO THIS POINT, BUT , STARTING SATURDAY, THE MINIMUM WAGE IS INCREASING AROUND HERE.

COOK COUNTY, $13.70, FOR NON-TEMP WORKERS, EIGHT DOLLARS FOR TIPPED-EMPLOYS.

$15.80 IN CHICAGO , FOR EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE 21 OR MORE WORKERS $15 PER HOUR FOR SMALLER