Mayoral aides and some Council members have agreed to cut the proposed increase in half as talks continue. The largest chunk ...

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: A group of Chicago civic leaders are going public against proposed cuts to the Chicago Police Department budget, which they fear could gut police reform efforts mandated by the ...

Crain’s politics reporter Justin Laurence talks with host Amy Guth about unprecedented action at City Hall and the work ahead ...

Some at City Hall are rallying around the idea of plugging the budget hole with money set aside to keep the city’s pension ...

Ahead of a Chicago City Council vote unanimously rejecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax hike, ...

A proposed alcohol tax hike will hit immigrant-owned liquor stores while city spending on nonessential projects remains high.

Mayor Brandon Johnson agreed to put nine vacant positions for clinical therapists back into the police budget, Supt. Larry ...

Chicago’s Brandon Johnson gives up on a $300 billion property tax hike.

The Chicago City Council delivered a strong rebuke of Mayor Brandon Johnson's fiscal 2025 budget on Thursday, rejecting a $300 million property tax increase.

Snelling laid out the challenges the department is facing—and how, following the imposition of a consent decree, it can help ...

Dozens of Chicago alderpeople are expected to vote down Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike ...