It is the nature of bureaucracies to expand or, at the very least, protect their size and thus the clout of the people who ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share The city has hired or promoted 490 employees in the six weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a hiring freeze, with the Chicago Police Department ...

A WBEZ analysis shows the city of Chicago hired or promoted 490 people since a hiring freeze was put in place in September.

CHICAGO — The City of Chicago has enacted a citywide hiring freeze, effective immediately, as part of its cost-saving measures to address a nearly $225 million budget deficit for 2024 ...

The city of Chicago hired or promoted 490 people since a hiring freeze was put in place in September, an analysis by my WBEZ colleagues Tessa Weinberg, Mariah Woelfel and Amy Qin shows.

[who] implemented a hiring freeze when she addressed back-to-back shortfalls fueled by jumps in the city's mandated pension payments early in her term." But Chicago is not the first city to face ...

Sources say Mayor Brandon Johnson will announce a property tax hike during his budget address, despite campaign promises not to.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A more widespread freeze is expected Wednesday night as the recent cold airmass fully settles in. While Cook County residents will remain above freezing, suburbs south and west ...

Wednesday and Thursday mornings will bring the first widespread freeze of the season outside of Chicago, with frost possible in Chicago where low temperatures remain in the middle to upper 30s.

November 4, 2024 • Testimony continues in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants more money for the city's Dept. of Environment, and ...