One issue loomed in aldermen’s anxious speeches last week in the lead-up to a vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget for next ...

The Chicago City Council approved an approximately $17 billion budget for 2025 that raises levies and fees by about $256 ...

From streaming services to plastic bags, a host of taxes and fees are going up to help close Chicago’s budget gap.

While Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson scraped together enough votes to pass a 2025 budget with a patchwork of tax hikes, the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan made it through the City Council on Monday, a hard-fought victory for the mayor that ...

The approved budget includes cutting middle management positions and reducing the city’s debt obligation payment by $40 ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson eked out a victory Monday with the narrow passage of a $17.3 billion municipal budget plan that does ...

As the 2025 municipal budget was introduced, the common assumption was either a property tax increase was needed to pay for ...

The $17.1 billion spending plan, which was the fourth version introduced to address the city’s $982 million budget deficit, ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was denied a $300 million property tax hike, then a $150 million property tax hike, then a ...

Some City Council members say Johnson’s budget should include more spending cuts rather than increases to property taxes.

According to the budget committee chairman, the total spending for youth programs went from $24 million this year to $42.5 ...