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 ...

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

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

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has shifted course on how to close a $1 billion budget gap, trying to strike a conciliatory ...

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 ...

The police department has spent $22.6 million in overtime this year for officers working special events — only about $2 ...

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

After alders unanimously voted down Mayor Johnson’s $300 million property tax increase, city lawmakers are back at the ...

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

Aldermen fretted about the Chicago Fire Department’s aging vehicle fleet and sure-to-be-expensive union contract Tuesday as the city’s budget hearings continued. The $760.8 million budget Mayor ...