As of now, the city estimates the interest payments on the proposed $285 million, five-year debt for the legal settlements ...

The Civic Federation chief urges the City Council to make structural fixes now instead of relying on one-time maneuvers.

The Finance Committee soundly rejected Mayor Johnson's 2025 budget plan, including a new and controversial corporate head tax ...

The Chicago City Council was set to meet Tuesday morning, and Mayor Brandon Johnson was set to hold a town hall on the ...

The Chicago City Council Committee on Finance has rejected a package of higher taxes proposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. After ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson's $16.6 billion spending plan for 2026 was dealt a major blow on Monday, as a key City Council ...

Inside the 2026 City of Chicago budget: four aldermen, real tradeoffs, and fresh updates. With a welcome from Alderman Brian ...

It was a stunning defeat Monday as the City Council Finance Committee dismissed Johnson’s tax-the-rich revenue proposal.

Ald. Pat Dowell’s Finance Committee voted no on revenue options in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget proposal, which ...

The City of Chicago has been paying out record-breaking number of legal settlements — many of them police-involved. Before the halfway point of the calendar year 2025, the city blew past the $90 ...