Brandon Johnson is at odds with moderates over his push for a monthly ‘head tax’ on large companies, which aims to help fill ...

The high-stakes game of chicken between Mayor Brandon Johnson and his council antagonists over the 2026 budget now moves into ...

A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for ...

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop provides highlights from Wednesday's ...

The mayor of Chicago has expressed his opposition to an alternative budget proposal from the city council. Aldermen offered a plan Wednesday to replace Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson challenged dissenting City Council members who want to nearly double Chicago's $9.50 a month garbage ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is sticking with a revised head tax to close Chicago’s $1.1 billion budget gap.

CITY HALL SHOWDOWN: Chicago’s budget standoff intensified Wednesday when a coalition of aldermen formally introduced their ...

The Chicago budget clock keeps ticking, but it appears the mayor and a group of 26 alders who have offered an alternative budget are no closer to a compromise than they were last week.

Chicago aldermen have scheduled a series of five City Council meetings before Christmas as they race the clock to pass a ...

Mayor Johnson aims to prevent a Chicago shutdown amid budget stalemate and proposes a corporate head tax increase.