As of now, the city estimates the interest payments on the proposed $285 million, five-year debt for the legal settlements ...

The Chicago City Council was set to meet Tuesday morning, and Mayor Brandon Johnson was set to hold a town hall on the ...

The Finance Committee soundly rejected Mayor Johnson's 2025 budget plan, including a new and controversial corporate head tax ...

The Civic Federation chief urges the City Council to make structural fixes now instead of relying on one-time maneuvers.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's $16.6 billion spending plan for 2026 was dealt a major blow on Monday, as a key City Council ...

The Chicago City Council Committee on Finance has rejected a package of higher taxes proposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. After ...

Chicago's City Council meets Tuesday after the Finance Committee coted against Mayor Brandon Johnson's tax plan in the 2026 ...

Inside the 2026 City of Chicago budget: four aldermen, real tradeoffs, and fresh updates. With a welcome from Alderman Brian ...

It was a stunning defeat Monday as the City Council Finance Committee dismissed Johnson’s tax-the-rich revenue proposal.

The City of Chicago has been paying out record-breaking number of legal settlements — many of them police-involved. Before the halfway point of the calendar year 2025, the city blew past the $90 ...

From left, Rhett Bomher; Steven Mahr; Tom McKone; Jack Brofman; Jennie Bennett; and moderator Justin Marlowe at the Harris School's panel discussion Thursday. Public finance careers require ...