A counter-measure to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget proposal includes increases in the garbage fee and the city's ...

Johnson offered a compromise head tax plan that he hopes will be more palatable to any opponents who might be on the fence.

Over the objections of the mayor, the Chicago City Council agreed to meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Dec. 23 in ...

A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The clock is ticking on the deadline to pass a city budget and avoid a government shutdown, as negotiations continue over Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s controversial corporate head ...

(THE CENTer SQUAre) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he wants corporations to pay more in taxes, but with some city council members opposed, one alderman says the mayor could be planning a ...

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A group of organizations that offer summer jobs to young people is encouraging city leaders to keep the proposed corporate ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago alderman confronted Gov. JB Pritzker at a Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday over his opposition to a proposed corporate head tax. ABC7's political reporter Craig Wall ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to levy a $21-per-employee, per-month tax on companies was shot down by a city council committee on Monday. Members of the city council’s finance committee ...

City budget negotiations continue, with City Council members scheduled to meet Wednesday following Chicago Mayor Brandon ...