Chicago’s credit rating is threatened as the city mulls using one-time budget-balancing measures to close a gaping shortfall, ...

Aldermen fretted about the Chicago Fire Department’s aging vehicle fleet and sure-to-be-expensive union contract Tuesday as ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing hiking Chicago property taxes by $150 million, down from his original $300 million ...

As tensions build, the outcome could reshape Chicago’s approach to tackling its nearly $1 billion budget deficit.

The City's Budget and Government Operations Committee are set to discuss the massive budget gap of nearly $1 billion.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed cuts to the police department in specific areas may violate a consent decree forged ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has shifted course on how to close a $1 billion budget gap, trying to strike a conciliatory ...

The mayor said last week's 50-to-0 vote rejecting his proposed $300 million property tax increase accomplished nothing beyond ...

The stark warning from independent monitor Maggie Hickey was included in a new progress report showing that CPD has reached ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday took a shot at critics as he proposed new taxes and savings to make up a budget shortfall in ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson laid out his latest 2025 budget proposal for Chicago Tuesday, which includes a $150 million ...

After alders unanimously voted down Mayor Johnson’s $300 million property tax increase, city lawmakers are back at the ...