Chicago’s credit rating is threatened as the city mulls using one-time budget-balancing measures to close a gaping shortfall, ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing hiking Chicago property taxes by $150 million, down from his original $300 million ...

Aldermen fretted about the Chicago Fire Department’s aging vehicle fleet and sure-to-be-expensive union contract Tuesday as ...

City Hall’s turbulent budget negotiations turned to focus on the city’s police force Friday, with aldermen split pushing for ...

A proposed alcohol tax hike will hit immigrant-owned liquor stores while city spending on nonessential projects remains high.

Jimmy Kimmel reacted to Donald Trump nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a prominent vaccine skeptic — as secretary of health ...

Snelling laid out the challenges the department is facing—and how, following the imposition of a consent decree, it can help ...

As tensions build, the outcome could reshape Chicago’s approach to tackling its nearly $1 billion budget deficit.

Any property tax increase is unacceptable, and the City Council should not approve a budget that contains a property tax ...

The City's Budget and Government Operations Committee are set to discuss the massive budget gap of nearly $1 billion.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday took a shot at critics as he proposed new taxes and savings to make up a budget shortfall in ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed cuts to the police department in specific areas may violate a consent decree forged ...