Mayor Brandon Johnson’s difficult 2025 budget fight portends even harder financial situation for 2026
Aldermen for and against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget warned the chaos that punctuated the past few months may pale in ...
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As CTU talks and beef with Martinez grind on, Johnson's CPS ties face scrutiny
Questions about a potential conflict of interest have boiled over after the mayor's board appointees voted Dec. 20 to oust ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson abandoning $68.5 million property tax hike in latest bid for budget deal
Seeking to get a budget deal done on Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson has dropped plans to seek a $68.5 million property tax ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson launches unified shelter system as migrant shelter population wanes
Mayor Brandon Johnson moved ahead Friday on his plan to close Chicago’s migrant shelters and fold them into the city’s ...
Brandon Johnson campaign took contribution from airport concessions executive despite City Hall ban
Neither City Hall nor Friends of Brandon Johnson will discuss whether the contribution from the CEO of Hyde Park Hospitality ...
'Dysfunctional': Mayor Johnson's leadership called into question over handling of budget, CPS
Drama surrounding the mayor and CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and the struggle to get a city budget passed are battles that some ...
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As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delays budget vote, City Council members complain about what the budget lacked
Some City Council members say Johnson’s budget should include more spending cuts rather than increases to property taxes.
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Mayor Johnson drops property tax hike, furloughs in new budget proposal: sources
Mayor Brandon Johnson's fourth draft of the city's 2025 budget will no longer include a property tax hike or unpaid furlough ...
Susana A. Mendoza: Our students deserve stable classrooms, not Brandon Johnson’s costly chaos
Martinez bravely stood up against Johnson’s plan to saddle our schools with a predatory, $300 million high-interest loan. The ...