Gov. JB Pritzker came out in opposition Tuesday to the reinstated $21-per-employee “head tax” on larger businesses that Mayor ...

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

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

"I am absolutely four-square opposed to a head tax for the city of Chicago," Pritzker said. "It penalizes the very thing that ...

A prolonged shutdown lasting several months or longer may force furloughed employees to exhaust savings, while sapping wider ...

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

The Chicago City Council begins their hearings on Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget proposal Tuesday. The Committee on ...

A major challenge for the city’s budget this year revolves around a bill, HB 3657, that Pritzker signed into law earlier this ...

Budget negotiations between members of the Chicago City Council have accelerated following Mayor Brandon Johnson’s initial proposal, which he unveiled last week.

It's so hard for the private market to build less-expensive housing that some local governments are experimenting with ...

Data showing that inflation cooled slightly in September is likely to keep the Federal Reserve on course for another ...

In power, political parties choose to be performative than practical. Over time, even the city’s inhabitants have become numb to the appalling level of pollution. It doesn’t have to be this way. There ...