It’s all on quicksand — the very quicksand that has us really up against it financially… when there is no help coming from ...

The year-long debate over who will pay for the pensions of non-teaching Chicago Public Schools employees ended after a tense, hours-long meeting where the Chicago Board of Education voted to agree ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson's 31% job approval rating — up from 26% last summer — follows months of mayoral attacks on budget cuts ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s spending plan for Chicago Public Schools heavily relies on the prospective TIF revenue from the city.

Mayor Brandon Johnson laid out his proposal on how to close a projected nearly $1.2 billion budget deficit in 2026.

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

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

This budget may be the most irresponsible city spending plan since Richard M. Daley tried to buy his way out of a recession ...

The Little Village Community Council is calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson and the alderman to put up signs at schools saying ...

Three high-profile organizations representing Chicago’s business community issued an unusual joint statement over the weekend rapping President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy Illinois National Guard ...

The city’s police and fire pension funds will be “technically insolvent.” ...

A September protest against federal immigration raids in Chicago. Protests can run up police overtime costs, one of myriad ways Immigration and Customs Enforcement and National Guard deployments may ...