Editorial: Aldermen must force Mayor Brandon Johnson to find solutions other than a massive property tax hike
The Editorial Board met with the mayor for the first time since his election and appreciated the opportunity. Here are our ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks $300M property tax hike in 2025 budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday proposed Chicago’s largest property tax hike in almost a decade as part of his $17.3 ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils $17.3 billion city budget, proposes steep property tax increase
Brandon Johnson, shown in October 2022 after announcing his candidacy ... “Maybe we are at a tipping point where people say, ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax hike gets opposition, caution from aldermen
When lukewarm applause followed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget address Wednesday ... highlighter across a printout of Johnson ...
Watch Live – Mayor Brandon Johnson proposing $300 million property tax hike to help close $1 billion budget gap
Johnson campaigned on a promise not to raise property taxes, but said he was left with no choice given the city's massive ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CPD budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan for Chicago police slashes several offices that are critical to the ongoing federal ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs in on presidential election, CPS Board fallout
Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, ...
Crain's Chicago Business4d
Johnson was in the dark on CPS board pick's comments because of a vetting 'gap'
Mayor Brandon Johnson told Crain's he was previously unaware of antisemitic and conspiratorial Facebook posts shared by his ...
CBS News6d
Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes $300 million property tax hike to help close $1 billion budget gap
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a $300 ... CPS getting $311 million in surplus TIF funds it hadn't been counting on. Johnson also is relying on nearly $140 million in surpluses ...
Mayor Johnson's $300M property tax hike won't fix city's financial woes
Mayor Johnson didn't make anyone happy with his tax hike proposal, and his budget still relies on one-time fixes. The city needs solutions from Springfield, budget expert Ralph Martire writes.
Crain's Chicago Business6d
Johnson's $17.3 billion budget faces pushback in City Council, with a close ally in the opposition
The hardball negotiations and posturing over Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $17.3 billion 2025 budget began nearly as soon ...