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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Sources say Mayor Brandon Johnson will announce a property tax hike during his budget address, despite campaign promises not to.

Regarding “Culture of corruption: Government glut” (Oct. 27), Rick Pearson’s work on this piece was excellent. It no doubt ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will deliver his highly anticipated ... While Johnson did announce a hiring freeze last month, labor unions, which helped get Johnson elected, have pushed back ...

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

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