Bringing Next City to Chicago couldn’t happen at a more perfect time as we chart new ways to define the modern city,” says Anton Seals Jr., lead steward of Grow Greater Englewood, who is also a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago budget showdown that showed hints of progress earlier Monday has now taken a significant step backwards. Mayor Brandon Johnson, for the first time, met with 11 leaders of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago budget clock keeps ticking, but it appears the mayor and a group of 26 alders who have offered an alternative budget are no closer to a compromise than they were last week ...

With 11 days left before the deadline, the Chicago City Council signed off on a spending plan on Friday, the first step to passing the 2026 budget. In a rare move, a majority of council members banded ...

The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on Friday, even as Mayor Brandon Johnson made a last-ditch effort to reintroduce ...

Chicago’s city council on Friday approved a revenue ordinance for 2026 that’s a key component of a roughly $16 billion budget for the third-largest US city. The ordinance — which passed in a 29 to 19 ...

The Chicago City Council Finance Committee advanced an alternate revenue ordinance that does not include a so-called head tax, a sharp departure from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s original proposal. The ...

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