In the 2026 budget the mayor presented last week, the two biggest items in that category were a $118 million reduction in how ...

Chicago keeps layering on new costs and making it harder to create jobs in the very neighborhoods that need them most.

The mayor's finance team is in the hot seat today as the City Council gets its first peek under the hood at Johnson's plan to ...

In this edition of the TT Chamber’s business column, we feature the opening remarks of president Sonji Pierre-Chase, ...

LANSING — Michigan lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shifted a record $1.3 billion from the state's School Aid Fund to pay ...

Amid an expected backlash from the business community, mayoral adviser Jason Lee says there's room to negotiate bigger taxes ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $16.6 billion 2026 budget proposal won early praise from progressives and disdain from ...

Gov. JB Pritzker will join The Economic Club of Chicago for a conversation moderated by Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune.

Trimming city spending faces at least as many logistical and political hurdles as any push to hike taxes, the Illinois ...

Italy's 2026 budget contains tax cuts and spending hikes worth 18.7 billion euros ($21.86 billion), Prime Minister Giorgia ...