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.

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

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

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, ...

The Chicago Teachers Union played a long game with Acero charter schools: unionizing them, undermining them and then taking ...

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

CHICAGO (WLS) -- If you need to find last minute toys to buy for the holidays-but don't want to break the bank-you're in luck ...