Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), the Budget Committee chair, agreed with Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd), Finance chair, that the Council needs ...

Johnson should have been “more proactive in meeting the moment we knew was coming” when $1.9 billion in federal pandemic ...

The city of Chicago has a massive $1.1 billion budget gap to fill for 2026, and with Mayor Brandon Johnson promising not to ...

The Chicago Tribune criticized Mayor Johnson for announcing controversial tax policies before his working group meets, ...

Facing a $1 billion deficit, Mayor Brandon Johnson has said he would consider a ‘head tax’ or a payroll expense tax, both of ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson, CPS and CTU leadership gathered Monday to announce the expansion of sustainable community schools.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s finance team is briefing members of the City Council on potential new or expanded revenue streams.

CHICAGO ( WGN) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signaled that he is not planning on proposing a property tax increase in ...

Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson wants to maintain dialogue with Bears management about the team’s stadium future, hoping to keep them in the city along the lakefront.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani hopes to emulate Boston's Michelle Wu rather than Chicago's struggling Brandon Johnson in his New York mayoral campaign ...

Johnson said Tuesday his budget team is now proposing a $150 million property tax hike, and the mayor said some members of the City Council need to "grow up" as budget talks continue.

It wasn’t long ago that Brandon Johnson, 47, was a county commissioner and teachers’ union organizer, unknown to many Chicagoans. On Monday he was sworn in as the city’s 57th mayor.