Paul Vallas is an adviser for the Illinois Policy Institute. He ran against Brandon Johnson for Chicago mayor in 2023 and was ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign last quarter returned $120,000 from two political action committees both led by developers ...

As Chicago aldermen began to wrap their minds around Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget proposal Tuesday, what lies ahead at City ...

Mayor Johnson’s record-setting $1 billion TIF surplus highlights issues and abuse of Chicago’s Tax Increment Financing ...

The largest payout before the City Council’s Finance Committee, $8 million, would go to the family of a man who stopped ...

When Jamie Dimon sold Bank One to New York’s JPMorgan Chase in 2004, the city’s days as a relevant banking center seemed over. They’re not, thanks to Wintrust.

Sixty-nine City of Harvey employees have been furloughed due to what officials describe as a "severe financial emergency." ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke with CBS News Chicago Monday morning to defend his 2026 budget proposal, which aims to close a ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a 10.25% tax on adjusted gross sports betting revenue generated in the city for ...

Explore the Chicago police budget and learn how the department consistently overspends its budget from 2022 to 2024.

As aldermen kicked off nearly a month of hearings by quizzing the mayor’s finance team for more than four hours, several ...

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