Editorial: Aldermen must force Mayor Brandon Johnson to find solutions other than a massive property tax hike
The Editorial Board met with the mayor for the first time since his election and appreciated the opportunity. Here are our ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils $17.3 billion city budget, proposes steep property tax increase
Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses the City Council Wednesday as he unveils his proposed budget for 2025, which includes a ...
Watch Live – Mayor Brandon Johnson proposing $300 million property tax hike to help close $1 billion budget gap
Johnson campaigned on a promise not to raise property taxes, but said he was left with no choice given the city's massive ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CPD budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan for Chicago police slashes several offices that are critical to the ongoing federal ...
Chicago fire, police department first responders honored for bravery at City Hall
An off-duty firefighter who saved lives in a crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive and two SWAT officers who saved a woman and ...
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Johnson commits millions to ambitious mental health plan despite budget constraints
The funding would expand services and non-police response for behavioral crises, but the CDPH's own budget is set to shrink ...
Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson, your city hiring freeze looks like slush
It is the nature of bureaucracies to expand or, at the very least, protect their size and thus the clout of the people who ...
Sources: Mayor Brandon Johnson will propose property tax increase when he presents 2025 budget this week
While campaigning to be mayor prior to his election in April 2023, Brandon Johnson repeatedly vowed he would not raise city ...