Chicago’s top budget officials call mayor’s plan to balance budget with property tax increase ‘prudent’
A day after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled a plan to balance the city budget with the largest property tax increase ...
Chicago Police Department reform office slashed under Johnson's proposed budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address to the Chicago City Council on Wednesday. He’d rather fill all the ...
Aldermen rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 property tax hike proposal as budget hearings kick off
Desperate to avoid hitting Chicago home and business owners with a $300 million property tax increase, aldermen pelted the ...
Illinois Policy5d
4 ways Chicago’s 2025 budget fails, plus hikes property taxes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposes a nearly $1 billion deficit. High personnel and pension costs have ...
Proposed Elgin 2025 budget includes money for a new ambulance, firefighters and capital improvement projects
Elgin Fire Department’s request to buy a sixth ambulance and hire nine additional firefighters to staff it is one of several ...
WATCH LIVE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to deliver 2025 budget address
The address is expected to include a proposal for a property tax hike -- a plan that Johnson steadfastly promised against ...
Mayor's budget team explains why Chicago property tax hike was unavoidable
ABC7 sat down with Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget team to examine their 2025 proposal and hear why a property tax hike was ...
Chicago's mayor unveils details of proposed property tax hike as part of 2025 budget
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will deliver his highly anticipated 2025 budget address during a City Council meeting Wednesday ...
Chicago mayor to propose property tax hike to close $1 billion budget gap
The proposal for a property tax increase would be a reversal of a campaign promise Mayor Brandon Johnson made.
Hotel tax could increase to boost tourism budget
The room tax could increase another 1.5 percentage points at downtown hotels that opt in to a proposed plan to increase the ...
Crain's Chicago Business1d
Choose Chicago eyes extra downtown hotel charge to boost budget
Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Choose Chicago is trying a new approach to solve its perennial ...
The Bond Buyer8d
Chicago Mayor proposes property tax increase to close budget gap
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday proposed a $17.3 billion fiscal year 2025 budget that calls for a $300 million property tax increase, but does not touch pension funding levels.