The Chicago City Council delivered a strong rebuke of Mayor Brandon Johnson's fiscal 2025 budget on Thursday, rejecting a $300 million property tax increase.

The overwhelming vote was largely symbolic. Negotiations to reduce or eliminate the property tax hike and replace it with a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson argued the tax hike was necessary to avoid mass layoffs, including of police officers. Now, Johnson and City Council will have to figure out how to bring in other revenue to ...

Good morning, Chicago. The Chicago Tribune’s 2024 Top Workplaces report is out. Nearly 160 companies made this year’s list, including a leading local pizza chain, a well-known electronics retailer and ...

Time to start over on Chicago’s budget after the remarkable 50-0 City Council vote to kill Brandon Johnson’s $300 million ...

The Chicago City Council unanimously voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed property tax hike in a special meeting ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has said he's willing to negotiate with the City Council on his proposed budget, but wouldn't commit to ...

With about six weeks left to get a new city budget passed, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is headed back to the drawing board ...

The Chicago City Council emphatically voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to hike property taxes by $300 million Thursday ...

Chicago alderman sounds off ahead of special city council meeting about mayor's budget Mayor Brandon Johnson will preside ...

Johnson has taken a proposed $300 million property tax hike off the table to work with council members on other ways to fill ...