Chicago is what happens when antisemitism mixes with lawlessness
Days after the Oct. 26 shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson was publicly rebuked for issuing ...
With Mayor Johnson expected to propose property tax increase, some residents express uncertainty
As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to propose a property tax increase during Wednesday's City Council meeting, some ...
Mayor Johnson to announce property tax hike as part of 2025 budget despite campaign promises
As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address during a City Council meeting Wednesday, he is expected to ...
‘Non-starter:’ The 7 demands Chicago alders have for mayor’s 2025 budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson needs the approval of 26 of the city's alders to pass his proposed budget. But if a group of them who ...
CBS News11d
Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes $300 million property tax hike to help close $1 billion budget gap
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a $300 million ... the aldermen demanded the city's 2025 budget include the return of ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, which the mayor ...
WGN-TV11d
$300M property tax hike in Chicago mayor’s 2025 budget proposal, but no layoffs
Johnson’s 2025 spending ... Other demands the 14 alders made of the mayor, if they’re to approve his budget, include renewing the city’s ShotSpotter contract and refocusing migrant funds.
Mayor says property tax hike is the answer
NO MINCING WORDS: Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a property tax hike that would generate a hefty $300 million but also allow the city to avoid layoffs or furloughs in order to plug a nearly $1 billion ...
Chicago Sun-Times24d
Johnson must break two campaign promises to get budget passed, City Council critic warns
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Mayor Brandon Johnson must break two campaign promises — by renewing a ShotSpotter contract he canceled and raising property taxes he said he would freeze ...
Crain's Chicago Business11d
Johnson's $17.3 billion budget faces pushback in City Council, with a close ally in the opposition
The hardball negotiations and posturing over Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $17.3 billion 2025 budget began nearly as soon ...
National Review3d
Brandon Johnson Wasn’t on the Ballot in Chicago, but Went Down in Flames on Tuesday Anyway
Glenn Youngkin Tells Trump He Will Serve Out Rest of His Term, Won’t Serve in Admin Massie Should Go Full Milei on the USDA Readers of National Review have become ...
Letters: Mayor Brandon Johnson should take a lesson from George Constanza
Regarding “Culture of corruption: Government glut” (Oct. 27), Rick Pearson’s work on this piece was excellent. It no doubt ...