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

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 ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday issued a hiring freeze on city government positions, including police, as his administration ...

Chris Taliaferro says Mayor Brandon Johnson made the only decision he could make in deciding not to include police officers as part of the city’s new hiring freeze. “I just believe that ...

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address during a City Council meeting Wednesday, he is expected to ...

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to propose a property tax increase during Wednesday's City Council meeting, some ...

While campaigning to be mayor prior to his election in April 2023, Brandon Johnson repeatedly vowed he would not raise city ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson's $17.3 billion budget for 2025 says a lot, as all budgets do. It not only tells a tale of how his ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday proposed Chicago’s largest property ... Offloading that burden — along with enacting an ...

That’s how it appears to be going with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hiring freeze, as officially announced at the beginning of last month. As you likely know, Chicago is staring down a 2025 ...