WGN Radio7d
Ald. Ray Lopez: Chicago alderpeople intend to vote down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax increase
15th Ward Alderman Ray Lopez joins Lisa Dent to discuss why thirty-plus alderpeople have requested a special meeting next week to take action to strike down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $300 ... can be ...
WBEZ25d
Ahead of Mayor Johnson’s second budget, we take a look at how far he’s come on his fiscal campaign promises
One person with a lot of ideas for addressing budget woes of this magnitude was mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson ... regressive tax because groceries make up a larger portion of spending for ...
Chicago Sun-Times3d
Scale back the city's budget, Mayor Johnson
Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a City Council meeting ... but I have not noted many proposals from them to make up for the deficit. Moreover, amid their angst, 48 of 50 aldermen decided ...
Chicago: Mayor Brandon Johnson faces political headwinds from his progressive base
CHICAGO — When Mayor Brandon ... of pastors, Johnson is at home in church, and the scenes suggested he may be working to ...
WBEZ29d
The Rundown: Can Bally’s casino succeed in a crowded market?
Mayor Brandon Johnson has also bet heavily on the temporary ... and slapstick humor was the norm. Actors’ makeup, exaggerated clothing and wigs made Bozo and his buddies seem not unlike the ...
Slate9d
Shoplifting, Mass Transit, Flag Design, a Dying Mall: What Else We’re Voting On Today
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson squeaked into power in a runoff ... are on the ballot in Cobb and Gwinnett counties, which make up Atlanta’s prosperous northern suburbs, and would commit more ...
Chicago Sun-Times24d
A first for Chicago, an elected CPS school board
The advocacy group Kids First Chicago said parent focus groups and a poll show that most people want the board to reflect the makeup of ... after getting Mayor Brandon Johnson, a former CTU ...
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 ...
Council unanimously votes down Mayor Johnson's property tax proposal to address budget gap
The Chicago City Council unanimously voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed property tax hike in a special meeting ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson abandoning $300 million property tax hike, says he proposed it to ‘get people’s attention’
Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and ...
Aldermen give Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $300 million property tax plan the boot
The Chicago City Council emphatically voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to hike property taxes by $300 million Thursday, creating a yawning hole in the city’s 2025 budget that must now be closed ...