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

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A day after the City of Chicago announced a hiring freeze on account of a significant budget deficit, CBS News Chicago took a closer look at existing positions at City Hall.

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.

Any government official who has mandated a hiring freeze knows that the first thing they will hear from department heads is how any such declaration cannot possibly apply to them. “We’re too important ...

[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.

FINANCIAL WOES.. NOW LEADING MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO CONSIDER A HIRING FREEZE WHEN THEY MEET TUESDAY.. BETWEEN 400 AND 500 JOBS COULD GO UNFILLED.. (GLENN 3:34 WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTIONS.