Chicago’s Red-Purple transit TIF has more than paid for itself. Letting it linger would keep property taxes higher and expand a costly CPS loophole.

Chicago general obligation bond prices have dropped sharply since the start of the year, according to the Center for ...

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Even as Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of possible mid-year city worker layoffs if revenue estimates in the budget fall short, city employees and workers at the city's sister agencies owe a mountain ...

The Arlington County Civic Federation opens the new year with a renewed emphasis on recruiting new organizations and better serving all member groups. “In the new year, I’m planning to work with ...

The editorial board of the Washington Post called out Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday, arguing he has mismanaged Chicago to the point the city has financially "lost its mind." The board argued that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It took little time after this year’s Cook County property tax bills became public for the political gamesmanship to begin. This ...

The president of the nonpartisan research group says Mayor Brandon Johnson needs to better address structural problems in his budget proposal. Chicago City Council committees will soon begin voting on ...

Is the City of Chicago doing everything it can to cut expenses before it starts raising new revenue? That was the topic of a special city council session Monday afternoon at City Hall. "The city ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson facing questions on Monday about why his budget proposal has seemingly ignored a taxpayer-funded report meant to help the city find millions of dollars in ...

Suburban Harvey’s finances are going from bad to worse. A new report from the Cook County treasurer’s office shows The south suburb has the third-lowest property tax collection rate in Cook County, ...

The yearlong debate over who will pay for the pensions of nonteaching Chicago Public Schools employees ended after a tense, hourslong meeting at which the Chicago Board of Education voted to finance ...