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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th), who marshaled opposition to Johnson’s 2025 budget, warned the mayor to prepare for another budget ...

According to a BGA Policy analysis, departmental budgets for three of Chicago's oversight agencies fall short of minimums ...

National Guard troops began patrolling in Memphis, as the Trump administration battles lawsuits against similar moves in ...

EMPLOYEES for them to report how it impacts them. GOVERNOR SCOTT WAS IN BURLINGTON THIS WEEK... FOR A MEETING WITH MAYOR EMMA MULVANEY STANAK. THEY EACH HELD THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PRESS ...

The Trump administration’s “perceptions are not reliable,” a federal judge wrote, explaining why she has temporarily blocked the deployment of troops to the Chicago area. By Mattathias Schwartz ...