Jason Ervin (15th), chairman of the City Council Budget Committee, noted that the amended Chicago budget reduces costs in the Mayor's office by $1 million, and reduces middle management by $2.8 ...

The city of Chicago is facing a massive budget shortfall of nearly one billion ... more than $80,000 renovating and ...

The mayor sat down with a group of Chicago residents inside the Harold Washington Library, discussing the city’s 2025 budget and how we got here. “We never compromised our value system. We negotiated ...

Ratings agency S&P downgraded the city of Chicago’s general obligation debt late Monday, citing structural imbalance in the just-passed 2025 budget, limited options for new revenue down the line ...

“The debate was City Council versus mayor of Chicago. Where the debate really should be: City Council’s responsibility to pass a budget based upon the feedback that comes from this room.

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan made it through the City Council on Monday, a hard-fought victory for the mayor that spares City Hall an unprecedented government shutdown ...

“Chicago has to keep up with inflation ... Still, Chicagoans will pay more in many ways to make city government run. The personal property lease tax rate will rise from 9% to 11%. The bump — projected ...

The downgrade comes after the City Council passed a 2025 budget ... Images) Chicago officials argued the credit downgrade doesn’t reflect the city’s financial outlook. Johnson’s office ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now trying to balance the City of Chicago budget by installing more speed cameras throughout the city, according to a Chicago Tribune report. That was one of several ideas ...