Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s difficult 2025 budget fight portends even harder financial situation for 2026
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 ...
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Why is Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson so afraid to hear the truth from his citizens?
Johnson found himself face-to-face with residents who were protesting against the extensive funding that he had in mind for migrants.
Chicago mayor boots public from rowdy city meeting as residents object to migrant 'invasion'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson booted members of the public from a city meeting on his proposed 2025 budget on Monday after ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launches unified shelter system as migrant shelter population wanes
Mayor Brandon Johnson moved ahead Friday on his plan to close Chicago’s migrant shelters and fold them into the city’s ...
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Mayor Johnson hopes to get Chicago city budget deal done by Friday with deadline looming
CHICAGO (CBS) -- City leaders have just over three weeks to get a new budget passed, or else a city shutdown will take ...
Battle Over Chicago School Funding Descends Into Name-Calling, Resignations
Families tired of political dysfunction are caught in the middle.
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Chicago mayor gets budget without his $300M in property tax hikes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was denied a $300 million property tax hike, then a $150 million property tax hike, then a ...
Chicago passes budget without property tax increase, but many alders still oppose mayor's plan
Mayor Brandon Johnson eked out a victory Monday with the narrow passage of a $17.3 billion municipal budget plan that does ...
Mayor Johnson announces pick for Chicago school board president, 5 other new members
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday announced that newly-appointed Chicago school board members Sean Harden has ...
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Seven education stories we’re watching in Chicago in 2025
How will the new hybrid school board govern? Will there be a new CPS CEO? Are migrant students getting the help they’re ...
Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office
Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is ...