Brandon Johnson, Chicago City Council

50-0 — City Council unanimously kills Mayor Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax increase
The overwhelming vote was largely symbolic. Negotiations aimed at reducing or eliminating the property tax increase and replacing it with a healthy mix of new revenues and reprogrammed federal pandemic relief funds began last weekend.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson giving up $300 million property tax hike fight, evaluating other options with aldermen
Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and pushing them to find other revenue in its place to avert layoffs. Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives to the tax jump ahead of a meeting Wednesday where the City Council is expected to vote it down.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't commit to alternatives to property tax hike
Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.
Chicago City Council to vote on proposed property tax hike
Alders are expected to vote Thursday to reject Mayor Brandon Johnson's $300 million property tax hike, aimed at closing a $1 billion gap in the city's budget. Why it matters: The hike would boost taxes by 4.
Aldermen rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 property tax hike proposal as budget hearings kick off
Desperate to avoid hitting Chicago home and business owners with a $300 million property tax increase, aldermen pelted the mayor’s finance team Wednesday with questions about alternatives to plug the 2025 budget hole.
Johnson back to drawing board after City Council rejects property tax hike
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a month and a half to get a new city budget passed, but he’s back to the drawing board after a $300 million property tax hike was rejected.
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes no promises after warnings over proposed police reform cuts
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday pushed back on criticism that his Chicago police budget plan endangers the department’s ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson: A Turbulent Year in Review
In the 17 short months since his inauguration as Chicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson has transformed his bold vision for the ...
What Happened When Chicago’s Mayor Followed a Teachers’ Union Playbook
In Chicago, the mayor and the teachers’ union are tightly connected. The relationship has ushered in generous spending and ...
Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson did the right thing in axing Rev. Mitchell Johnson from the Chicago School Board
No wonder Chicago’s one Jewish alderman, Debra Silverstein, 50th, called upon Mitchell Johnson to resign, saying that these ...
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Brandon Johnson makes last school board pick
Mayor Brandon ... Mitchell Johnson, former executive director of the Developing Communities Project, is expected to serve as president of the new board, and Mary Gardner, a West Side community ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointed CPS board members could stay on past January
When the entire Board of Education resigned in October and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced their ... by the mayor to live on the opposite side of their voting district than the 10 ...
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$300M property tax hike in Chicago mayor’s 2025 budget proposal, but no layoffs
CHICAGO — Despite continued promises not to raise property taxes stemming back to his mayoral campaign, Mayor Brandon ... after Johnson presented his budget proposal. On the other side of ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson says he hopes White Sox stay in Chicago and calls on Jerry Reinsdorf to ‘put some skin in the game’
Mayor Brandon Johnson says he hopes White Sox stay in Chicago and calls on Jerry Reinsdorf to ‘put some skin in the game’ Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune Updated Fri, October 18, 2024 at 10:32 PM ...