The clock is ticking for the Chicago city Council to pass a budget by the end of the year, or face a possible government ...

As of now, the city estimates the interest payments on the proposed $285 million, five-year debt for the legal settlements ...

After Johnson’s budget proposal failed to make it through the City Council’s Finance Committee, the mayor and alders ...

The Chicago City Council was set to meet Tuesday morning, and Mayor Brandon Johnson was set to hold a town hall on the Southwest Side Tuesday night — after a key City Council committee voted down his ...

CAGW named Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson its November 2025 Porker of the Month for demanding nearly $500 million in new taxes.

The City of Chicago has been paying out record-breaking number of legal settlements — many of them police-involved. Before the halfway point of the calendar year 2025, the city blew past the $90 ...

The Chicago City Council finance committee approved several settlements costing the city more than $60 million Monday. Among the settlements is a $15.5 million payment to Chicago Parking Meters, LLC ...

The clock is ticking on which governmental entity in Chicago — the city of Chicago or Chicago Public Schools, both supported by the same set of taxpayers — will make a required $175 million ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago is moving ahead with plans to settle a pair of old police misconduct lawsuits, and they are going to cost the city more than $35 million. The Chicago City Council's Finance ...