Mayor Johnson's budget plan faces pushback from alders in first hearing
Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed 2027 budget faced tough scrutiny from aldermen on Monday on the first day of City Council budget hearings.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed 2027 budget faced tough scrutiny from aldermen on Monday on the first day of City Council budget hearings.
Survivors of police abuse and wrongful convictions, their families, and community groups gathered at City Hall on Monday, calling on alderpeople to support the mayor’s plan. Darius Johnson reports.
Survivors of police abuse and wrongful convictions, their families, and community groups plan to gather at City Hall Monday morning, calling on alderpeople to support the mayor’s plan — including money for police misconduct settlements. Darius Johnson reports.
Two Chicago political experts on CBS News Chicago's "The Angle" said the tax proposals in Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget plan are more regressive than the mayor claims.
While Chicago's mayor works with the Chicago City Council to pass a 2027 budget, each councilmember has money set aside to dedicate to projects in their wards as well. In most cases, constituents can have a say in which projects are selected.
While Chicago's mayor works with the Chicago City Council to pass a 2027 budget, each councilmember has money set aside to dedicate to projects in their wards as well. In most cases, constituents can have a say in which projects are selected.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will take his 2027 budget pitch directly to residents Thursday, as some aldermen reject a key part of his plan.
It has been a little over a month since Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson made his reelection bid official, and on Wednesday, he presented his fourth city budget to the City Council.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled his $17.6 billion 2027 budget proposal for the city on Wednesday, relying on a head tax that most aldermen have already rejected.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will unveil his new budget proposal for the city on Wednesday. Lauren Victory reports.
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday fell one vote shy of overriding Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of an ordinance that would have required a higher threshold for the city to borrow money.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday vetoed an ordinance that would have made it more difficult for the city to borrow money, by requiring a 30-vote supermajority from the City Council before issuing new debt.
A local task force created to address the rising rates of domestic violence and strengthen support for survivors could be brought back for a second phase.
A local task force created to address the rising rates of domestic violence and strengthen support for survivors could be brought back for a second phase.
The city of Chicago appears ready to pay out an eye-popping $260.8 million to 17 men framed for murder by notorious former Detective Reynaldo Guevara.
Chicago taxpayers could soon be shelling out more than $260 million dollars to settle cases tied to allegations that disgraced former police detective Reynaldo Guevara tortured 17 men into false confessions to crimes.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a deal allowing Chicago's privatized parking meters to be sold to a new company, with the city receiving a share of the profits going forward.
Chicago aldermen on Tuesday voted to require at least 30 members of the City Council to approve any future plans to borrow money, seeking to make it tougher to add to the city's mountain of debt, but Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled he might veto the measure.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
People living near the shuttered Ford City Mall said they remain concerned about the site's future, after the Chicago City Council this week approved plans to transform it into an industrial warehouse complex.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
The City Council Finance Committee backed a deal allowing Chicago's parking meters to be sold from one private company to another, as part of an agreement that would see the city start to net a share of future profits.
Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed a one-year moratorium on new or expanded data centers in Chicago to come up with a plan for regulating the controversial facilities, but one alderman is pushing to move faster on regulating the industry.
The Chicago City Council is getting ready to take up renter rules and data centers on Wednesday.
