In the 17 short months since his inauguration as Chicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson has transformed his bold vision for the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and ...

The mayor is open to a “plethora of ideas” so long as they don’t compromise his core values of “investing in people” through ...

Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire from critics, including Gov. JB Pritzker and the mayor, for social media posts deemed ...

Johnson campaigned on a promise not to raise property taxes, but said he was left with no choice given the city's massive ...

When lukewarm applause followed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget address Wednesday, it was clear what had sucked the enthusiasm from City Council chambers. The foundation of Johnson’s $17.3 ...

The city hired or promoted 490 employees in the six weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a hiring freeze, with the Chicago Police Department seeing the most new hires. The employment data ...

CHICAGO — While campaigning to be mayor prior to his election in April 2023, Brandon Johnson repeatedly vowed he would not raise city property taxes. But with Chicago facing a budget deficit of ...

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday will propose Chicago’s largest property tax hike in almost a decade as part of his $17.3 billion budget plan for next year. The $300 million ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a $300 million property tax hike in 2025, going back on a key campaign promise, as he seeks to close a massive budget shortfall of nearly $1 billion.