Chicago’s top budget officials call mayor’s plan to balance budget with property tax increase ‘prudent’
A day after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled a plan to balance the city budget with the largest property tax increase ...
Chicago Police Department reform office slashed under Johnson's proposed budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address to the Chicago City Council on Wednesday. He’d rather fill all the ...
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Activists call for more funding for migrant and homelessness services in Chicago’s 2025 budget
Immigrant rights activists warned of a looming homeless crisis next year and urged Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City Council ...
Proposed Elgin 2025 budget includes money for a new ambulance, firefighters and capital improvement projects
Elgin Fire Department’s request to buy a sixth ambulance and hire nine additional firefighters to staff it is one of several ...
Aldermen rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 property tax hike proposal as budget hearings kick off
Desperate to avoid hitting Chicago home and business owners with a $300 million property tax increase, aldermen pelted the ...
Portage teachers to get $1,750 raises under proposed budget; board voting Monday
The Portage Township School Board is set to vote Monday on $1,750 raises for teachers. The new salary range, retroactive to ...
Opinion
Chicago can't afford to shortchange policing reform with big budget cuts
Taxpayers continue to get squeezed for multi-million-dollar police misconduct lawsuit settlements, and Chicago police are inching forward on reform. City Council should say no to Mayor Johnson's ...
Civic Federation blasts Johnson’s property tax increase plan
Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson is warning Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be careful about what he wishes for in proposing a new $300 million property tax increase. The city faces a nearly ...
Illinois Policy5d
4 ways Chicago’s 2025 budget fails, plus hikes property taxes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposes a nearly $1 billion deficit. High personnel and pension costs have ...
Crain's Chicago Business3d
Johnson commits millions to ambitious mental health plan despite budget constraints
The funding would expand services and non-police response for behavioral crises, but the CDPH's own budget is set to shrink ...
Johnson's CPD budget could threaten progress on reforms required under court-ordered consent decree
The police superintendent and his leadership team will still have a chance to make their case during city council budget ...
Mayor's budget team explains why Chicago property tax hike was unavoidable
ABC7 sat down with Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget team to examine their 2025 proposal and hear why a property tax hike was ...