Chicago must begin the process of true zero-based budgeting requiring that all city activities and programs be closely ...

A City Council rebellion not seen in decades ultimately forced Mayor Brandon Johnson to honor his campaign promise to hold ...

After several delays, a chaotic meeting Friday and several controversial proposals, Chicago's City Council is expected to ...

Over the weekend, sources told CBS News Chicago that Mayor Johnson dropped plans to seek a $68.5 million property tax hike.

Lee says he’s not at all surprised by the extraordinary pressure that he and the mayor have been under in the shark tank ...

With 2024 in the books and 2025 already here, gulp, our city and state find themselves in precarious places. The city of ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget passed the City Council on Monday, but only by an extremely narrow margin. The final vote came in at 27-23 in favor of the proposal, capping off ...

The city of Aurora will soon be getting new digital roadside signs at no cost, but the signs will display advertisements ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The highly-anticipated vote ... be all work and no play for alders and the mayor's budget team. The City Council meeting opened with the usual pledge of allegiance and then ...

The Chicago City Council took a key first step toward approving a 2025 budget on Tuesday, with multiple committees passing the proposal by narrow margins. The Finance Committee was first to act on ...

The Chicago City Council on Monday narrowly approved Mayor Brandon Johnson's fourth budget proposal—after yet another contentious hearing that involved lengthy speeches by alderpeople and ...