A tense budget season for Mayor Brandon Johnson seems to be getting worse, with persistent staffing issues in the office tasked with lobbying the City Council emboldening many aldermen to try to seize ...

Arts advocates are looking closely at next year’s DCASE budget amid an uncertain time for cultural institutions nationwide.

In the 17 short months since his inauguration as Chicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson has transformed his bold vision for the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is willing to continue negotiating with City Council members who are working to defeat his $300 ...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez got chewed out this week by allies of Mayor Brandon Johnson over impending charter ...

While Johnson emphasized that he’s not saying CPS CEO Pedro Martinez did something wrong, he said the district needs to put ...

The mayor is open to a “plethora of ideas” so long as they don’t compromise his core values of “investing in people” through ...

The proposed budget cuts would be a step backward for the CPD reform process at a pivotal point,” said Maggie Hickey, the ...

Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.

Mayor Brandon Johnson sought to reframe the property tax increase at the center of his $17.3 billion 2025 budget as a ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a month and a half to get a new city budget passed, but he’s back to the drawing board ...

Twenty-two of the City Council’s 50 members met Saturday with top mayoral aides, including Johnson’s budget team, to begin ...