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 ...

A proposed alcohol tax hike will hit immigrant-owned liquor stores while city spending on nonessential projects remains high.

City Hall’s turbulent budget negotiations turned to focus on the city’s police force Friday, with aldermen split pushing for ...

Jimmy Kimmel reacted to Donald Trump nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a prominent vaccine skeptic — as secretary of health ...

Snelling laid out the challenges the department is facing—and how, following the imposition of a consent decree, it can help ...

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.

Any property tax increase is unacceptable, and the City Council should not approve a budget that contains a property tax ...

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 ...